Realization of CO₂-Free and Recycling-Oriented Society 1

Toward Realizing Stable Commercial Operation of Biomass Power Plants Operation results of the biomass-fired circulating fluidized bed boiler and efforts to increase operating rate
- IHI Corporation
In January 2019, the Nanatsujima Biomass Power Plant, which has an output of 49 MW, began its commercial operation on IHI’s premises in Nanatsujima, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. Biomass power generation has a shorter history than conventional fossil fuel-fired power generation. This article introduces our problemsolving efforts to achieve stable operation and the operation results.