Glencane to operate 40-MW biomass plant

Glencane Bioenergia, a local sugar and ethanol producer, has gained permission to operate a 40-MW biomass plant in Junqueiropolis municipality as an independent power producer (IPP).

Brazil's electricity regulator Aneel has authorised Glencane's Rio Vermelho 2 plant, which will use sugarcane bagasse and straw as fuel, to begin production later this year.

The facility has one sole unit with a capacity of 30 MW, which will share transmission installations with the Rio Vermelho plant.