Palm Beach Biomass Power Plant is a 95MW biopower project. It is located in Florida, the US. 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 June 2015. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group and KBR. The project is currently owned by Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 44,000 households.
The process of combustion has been adopted in this project to release the stored energy from the feed. Municipal solid waste is used as a feedstock to power the project.
Development status
The project got commissioned in June 2015.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Florida Power & Light under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years, starting from 2015.
Contractors involved
Arcadis FPS, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group and Be&K Construction were selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the biopower project.
Andritz was selected as the steam turbine supplier for the project. The company provided 1 turbine with 95.3MW nameplate capacity.
Babcock & Wilcox Volund supplied steam boiler for the project. The boiler installed at the site has a capacity of 386.2TPH. The temperature witnessed inside the boiler is around 443Degree Celsius. The steam is pressurized inside the boiler at 63bar.
Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group is the O&M contractor for the project. The operation and maintenance contract commenced from 2015, for a period of 20 years.
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About Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group
Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. is an equipment manufacturing company that provides energy products and services. The company’s products include boilers, heat recovery steam generators, water tube package boilers, fluidized bed systems, workhorse radiant boilers, supercritical and subcritical boilers. B&W PGG offers services such as emissions monitoring, replacement parts and emission management, field engineering, plant operations and maintenance, routine and preventative maintenance, plant upgrade solutions, pulverizer services, fuel switching and technical training. The company operates in the US, India, Indonesia, Canada, China, Sweden, Denmark, and Mexico. B&W PGG is headquartered in Barberton, Ohio, the US.
About KBR
KBR Inc (KBR) is a provider of engineering, construction, professional and technologies service company. It offers full-lifecycle services including commercial security, defence systems, consulting, technology, engineering, modeling, simulation, training and program management and other support services. KBR also provides a range of advanced prototyping, research and development, acquisition support, systems assurance and technology, systems engineering, cyber analytics, C5ISR, space domain awareness, global supply chain management and others. The company serves oil and gas companies, independent refiners, petrochemical producers, fertilizer producers, aerospace, defence and federal and civil organizations. It has an operational presence in North America, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. KBR is headquartered in Houston, Texas, the US.
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