Merritt Green Energy Project is a 40MW biopower project. It is located in British Columbia, Canada. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 2018. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Veolia Energy North America Holdings. Fengate Capital Management and Veolia Energy North America Holdings are currently owning the project.
The project generates 285GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 40,000 households, offsetting 95,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
The process of combustion has been adopted in this project to release the stored energy from the feed. Wood by-product is used as a feedstock to power the project.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 2018.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to BC Hydro under a power purchase agreement for a period of 30 years.
Contractors involved
Iberdrola Ingenieria y Construccion SAU was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the biopower project.
Siemens Canada was selected as the steam turbine supplier for the project. The company provided 1 unit of Siemens SST-400 turbine with 40MW nameplate capacity.
FSE Energy supplied steam boiler for the project. The boiler installed at the site has a capacity of 139.371TPH.
Veolia Energy North America Holdings is the O&M contractor for the project.
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About Veolia Energy North America Holdings
Veolia Energy North America Holdings, Inc. (Veolia Energy North America) is an energy efficient solutions provider. The company offers five types of solutions such as district energy, combined heat and power (CHP) and cogeneration, energy plant operations and maintenance (O&M), renewable energy, and special services. Its district energy solutions include end-to-end solutions that combine heating and cooling systems and associated services. The company's CHP and cogeneration solutions design, build, own, operate and maintain electrical and thermal energy power plants. It offers services to enhance the overall performance of thermal, electrical and mechanical equipment under energy plant O&M solutions. Veolia Energy North America also offers renewable energy sources such as biomass, biogas and solar energy. The company's special services include complex industrial system maintenance to hospital services and public lighting. Veolia Energy North America is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the US.
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