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The
Bio-Gen Biomass Power Generation Project
(Phase II) involves construction and
operation of a privately owned and
operated 15 megawatt (MW) biomass
waste-to-energy plant in Sava, Honduras.
The plant will utilize wood wastes
generated from forest products processing
and palm oil production in the region. The
wastes, which include sawmill, logging,
and palm tree plantation residues, are
currently burned under uncontrolled
conditions, disposed of in rivers or other
low-lying areas, or left to decay in
place. Power produced by the plant will be
sold to the national utility, Empresa
Nacional de Energia Electrica (ENEE), and
will displace electricity and associated
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that would
have been produced by fossil fuel-burning
facilities.
The
Bio-Gen Biomass Power Generation Project
establishes a 15 MW biomass
waste-to-energy plant that will be
privately owned and operated by
Biomasa-Generacion in Sava, Honduras.
Electricity generated by the plant will be
sold to the national utility, Empresa
Nacional de Energia Electrica (ENEE), to
meet a portion of Honduras's energy
demand. The plant will utilize sawmill,
logging, and palm tree plantation residues
for fuel, and is expected to operate at
least 7,500 hr/year for 20 years.
Reference
case emission estimates are based on
emissions from a fuel oil-fired plant that
would likely be constructed in the absence
of the 15 MW Bio-Gen facility. Only CO2,
the major GHG that would be emitted, is
estimated. Because data are currently not
available on GHG emissions from
uncontrolled burning and decomposition of
wastewood in Honduras, these emissions are
not included in the reference case either.
To
calculate annual CO2 emissions from the
displaced fossil fuel capacity, the
developers have assumed that approximately
260,423 lbs/hour (hr) of dry gas is
emitted from a 15 MW fuel oil-fired plant
under optimum operating conditions and
that 13.4 percent of the dry gas emitted
is CO2. This yields a CO2 emission factor
of 34,897 lbs/hr. Because the Bio-Gen
plant will operate a minimum of 7,500
hr/year, the reference case assumes the
same number of hours of operation for the
fossil fuel plant.
Average
annual reference case emissions are
calculated by multiplying 34,897 lbs
CO2/hr by 7,500 hr/year. The result is
then converted from pounds to metric tons
by dividing by a conversion factor of
2,205 lbs/t. Using this methodology, it is
estimated that 118,697 t CO2/year are
emitted due to fuel oil consumption in the
reference case.2.3 million MTCO2E. |
