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Dong Energy Converts Herning CHP Plant for Biomass Usage

Posted on: Friday, 10 October 2008, 09:00 CDT

Dong Energy has announced that it is converting the Herning combined heat and power plant in the Midtjylland region of Denmark for the usage of biomass feedstock, in collaboration with its heating customers EnergiGruppen Jylland Varme and Ikast Vaerkerne Varme.

On completion of the conversion, biomass in the form of wood chips and wood pellets will account for up to 97% of the fuel consumption. The total investment amounts to DKK114 million.

The conversion will mean that the majority, around 97%, of the heating supply to the Herning and Ikast areas, as well as the Herning combined heat and power (CHP) plant's power generation, will use a CO2-neutral energy source. At the same time a new 10-year heating agreement, effective from January 1, 2009, has been entered into.

Finn Petersen, chairman of EnergiGruppen Jylland Varme, said: "We consider the agreement a significant contribution to an ever-increasing environmentally friendly generation of power and district heating in the region, while at the same time the consumers are secured district heating at competitive prices for many years to come."

Source: Datamonitor

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