Project title: Biomass cogeneration 3 MWel
Investor: A&A BIOENERGY VIRO d.o.o.
Location: Virovitica, Croatia
Construction completion: 2019
Project description
Reasons for investing:
- Simultaneous production of electricity and heat from renewable energy sources;
- Thermal energy supply for a company that processes, dries and sells wood, wood products and fuel (biomass);
- Diversification of electricity sources and increasing Croatia’s energy independence level;
- Increasing the share of renewable energy sources in electricity production (CO2 neutrality);
The production of electricity and heat from biomass (wood chips and wood residue) in a cogeneration plant is an example of a complete and sustainable, environmentally friendly way of energy management. Produced thermal energy is used in the technological process of drying in the immediate vicinity of the plant. Thermal energy is used in the dryer of wood chip, the chamber dryer of sawn material, the firewood dryer and for heating of the administrative building and production facilities. All the heat supplied is low temperature, from a heating condenser, whilst the heat consumers are adapted to use such heat. This way, the available amount of heat was increased, the efficiency of the plant was increased, and heat loss was reduced.
Enerkon participated in the project through following activities:
- Development of the plant concept
- Justification analysis of the construction
- Main design
- Detailed design
- Supervision of Mechanical works