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District Heating Fondo
| Keywords: | district heating, CHP, wood combustion |
| Energy plant type: | Thermal energy plant, Electrical energy plant |
| Key elements: | The plant installed in Fondo - Val di Non (TN), provides for the production of thermal energy for heating of households and for industrial uses and in parallel, provides the production of electricity through a steam engine |
| Start up dates: | planning: 2010; construction: 2010; operation/commissioning: 2011 |
| Feedstocks of current use: | sawmill residues, forestry residues |
| Biomass consumption: | 7500 t/a ( more info ) |
| Source (Origin): | Most of the biomass feeding the plant is supplied by local sawmills |
| Used systems: | CHP plant, district-heating network |
| Inovative equipment: | Steam engine |
| Thermal efficiency: | 90 % |
| Total efficiency: | 18 % |
| Distribution: | District heating |
| Type of final product: | heat, power |
| Electric capacity: | 220 kW |
| Thermal capacity: | 6000 kW ( more info ) |
| Waste production: | At maximum potential of the two boilers and using biomass with high bark percentage, the plant produces around 170 to 200 kg/h of ashes |
| Incentive type: | Green certificates |
| Involved companies: | Bioenergy Anaunia Spa, Federazione Italiana di Produttori fa Fonte Rinnovabile |
This project is implemented through
the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF
the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF