In Spain, Acciona Energía has started injecting renewable energy from Logrosan biomass plant (Caceres) into the grid. With a capacity of 50MW, the plant will produce 380GWh per year, preventing the emission of more than 187,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere annually.
The annual consumption of the plant is estimated at 275,000 metric tons of biomass, mainly from forestry waste. Its collection will contribute to active forest management, reducing the biomass load and, with it, the risk and the virulence of wildfires in the area, the company said.
Acciona Energía was awarded the contract for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Logrosan biomass plant by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge in the third auction for the renewable energy economic regime, which guarantees a sale price for the electricity produced by the plant for 20 years.
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