Hungarian company Kalocsa Hoeromu expects to complete construction of a 40 billion forint biomass power plant by the end of 2009, business daily Napi Gazdasag wrote on November 6, Interfax reported. Kalocsa Hoeromu is a member of the National Agricultural Energy Alliance (NAESZ).
The bio-mass plant, to be built in Southern Hungary’s Kalocsa, is one of 10 planned bio-mass power plants under NAESZ’s 450 billion forint biomass project in Hungary. General plans for the 49.9 megawatt-capacity Kalocsa power plant – designed to fall under favorable regulations for power plants smaller than 50 megawatt – were prepared by Hungarian engineering firm ETV Eroterv.
Kalocsa Hoeromu recently launched the permit process, which is expected to be completed in early 2008.
Construction will start next year, while the plant is expected to start full-capacity production in early 2010, the daily reported.
The bio-mass plant will be fueled by agricultural crops – including “energy grass” and sorghum - grown in the 50-60 kilometre area around the unit, as well as agricultural waste such as cornstalk and straw. To store raw material, the company will also build three logistics units in the area at a cost of several billion forints. To secure raw material, the company entered 10-year supply contracts with around 700 agricultural producers. The power plant will employ a workforce of about 100 people.|
Management costs of the power plant – including raw material, storage, and transport costs – are expected to come to about three to 3.5 billion forints annually, according to the daily.