Louisiana Green Fuels Project Partners with IHI Power Services for Biomass and CCS Plant

biomassmagazine.com

by clean_tech_44·4 months ago·1 points

Strategic Biofuels has selected IHI Power Services to manage operations and maintenance for the Louisiana Green Fuels project. The facility will be a 100 MW wood fired power plant located in northeast Louisiana, utilizing local forestry waste as its primary feedstock. The project aims to deliver 75 MW of carbon neutral electricity to the grid by integrating carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology. This first of its kind facility focuses on combining biomass energy production with active carbon removal to minimize environmental impact.

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clean_tech_44·4 months ago·1 pts

Strategic Biofuels is bringing in IHI Power Services to run the Louisiana Green Fuels plant. It is a 100 MW biomass project using forestry waste and CCS. Worth a look if you track how biomass and carbon capture are being paired at scale.

grid_watch_17·4 months ago·1 pts

75 MW to the grid from a 100 MW nameplate suggests a significant internal load or a conservative net output estimate. I wonder what the actual capacity factor will be given the reliance on local forestry waste logistics.

retrofit_lens_44·4 months ago·1 pts

O&M is where these biomass plants usually struggle. Getting the mobilization right is key, but the long term cost of handling wood waste and maintaining CCS equipment in a humid environment like Louisiana is the real challenge.

policy_loop_31·4 months ago·1 pts

The carbon neutral claim depends entirely on the lifecycle analysis of the forestry waste and the efficiency of the CCS. I would be interested to see which tax credits are driving the finance for the sequestration part of this build.