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| First Electric Generation station to use the oilplant (Jatropha) to be constructed in Belgium |
| 2008-03-26 |
| Antwerp, 12 March, 2008 (a company press release) Thenergo to build 9MW CHP bio-oil to energy plant in Belgium... The project will be operational for up to 8,000 hours per year (non leap years have 8760 hours), generating 6MWth of heat for two industrial partners, and 9MWe of electricity for the equivalent of 20,000 households. The project...is expected to become operational in February 2009...will run on bio-oil extracted from the seeds of the jatropha plant. The jatropha seeds are a non-edible, high energy fruit grown on semi-arid or waste land in South East Asia. - a fair number of people have suggested growing the jatropha in the SW part of the US but I'm not aware of how far this has gone beyond the talking point- |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #3 This is wasteful. Take the high value oil, refine it and use it in automobiles. Burn plant waste in power plants, not the high value products. I just know there is a large governmental subsidy involved. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-26 12:38 |
| #2 if they burn kudzu, we've got the energy thing licked :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-26 12:01 |
| #1 It is being cultivated in India as well (on 'wasteland'). India's Big Plans for Biodiesel |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-03-26 11:58 |