Italian companies to build 30MW biomass plant

Two Italy-based companies are to develop a 30MW biomass plant in the country's Ravenna region.

The Powercorp project, a joint venture between Enel Green Power and Seci Energia, will be built on an industrial site previously occupied the Eridania sugar refinery.

Fuelled by locally-sourced woodchip, the plant will have an estimated total annual output of 222GWh.

The €126 million facility will also feature a 1MW biogas plant that will use silage and pig manure from local producers.
Enel and Seci bought Italian developer Powercrop last year after the deal was cleared by the European Commission.