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Tohoku Electric Power to Use Biomass at Two Coal-Fired Plants
2010-11-16 07:40:07.821 GMT
By Bloomberg News
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Tohoku Electric Power Co., a
Japanese utility, plans to use wood biomass at two of its
existing coal-based power plants to generate electricity
The company will use 30,000 metric tons of wood biomass
annually at the 1.2-gigawatt Noshiro power plant in Akita, it
said in a statement yesterday. It will also use 60,000 metric
tons of wood biomass annually at the 2-gigawatt Minami Soma
power plant in Fukushima.
The wood for the plant will be procured locally. The use of
biomass will help reduce carbon emissions, Tohoku Electric said.
Both plants will have 1 percent of capacity generated from
biomass, according to data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Biomass power generation at the plants will start in
December 2011, the company said.
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