The Å iauliai Biomass Power Plant is a
biomass
Biomass is a term used in several contexts: in the context of ecology it means living organisms, and in the context of bioenergy it means matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms. In the latter context, there are variations in how ...
combined heat and power plant
Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time.
Cogeneration is a more efficient use of fuel or heat, because otherwise- wasted heat from elec ...
in
Å iauliai
Å iauliai ( ; ) is a city in northern Lithuania, the List of cities in Lithuania, country's fourth largest city and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 112 581 in 202 ...
,
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. It supplies heat to almost half of Å iauliai and creates 11 MW of electric energy.
Construction started in 2011 and finished in 2012. On 19 July 2012 Power Plant started to work.
See also
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List of power stations in Lithuania
References
Energy infrastructure completed in 2012
2012 establishments in Lithuania
Cogeneration power stations in Lithuania
Biofuel power stations in Lithuania
Buildings and structures in Å iauliai
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