Last November's 7, the Official Gazette of Castilla-La Mancha (DOCM) published the integrated environmental authorization for the biomass power plant of 50 megawatts that Energía y Celulosa (Ence) will build in Puertollano (Ciudad Real). The text confirms that the company will take advantage of the facilities of the failed Elcogás central gasification plant integrated in the combined cycle of coal and oil. The absence of allegations to the project during the public information period is also confirmed.
Elcogás, a project mainly participated by Endesa and Électricité de France, even tried to survive with the co-gasification of biomass. It was not possible, could not opt for any special regime to ensure its profitability and now Ence thinks one hundred percent in the biomass to refloat the facilities located in Puertollano.
360.000 annual tons of agricultural residual biomass. The main fuel will be agricultural and forestry biomass (mainly of vineyard, olive and cereal crops, as well as pine forests); besides solid biomass coming from agricultural-industrial activities, like the orujillo ". They think that a maximum consumption of 360.000 tons per year is foreseen.
Further information: https://www.energias-renovables.com/biomasa/ence-sustituye-con-biomasa-en-puertollano-el-20171112