The plant, which will replace the Eridania sugar refinery, will require an investment of €126m.
Powercrop biomass plant is estimated to have a total annual output of 222GWh, which would be enough to address the needs of 84 thousand households, while reducing the atmospheric emissions of 117 thousand tonnes of CO2 per annum.
The facility is estimated to use about 270 thousand tonnes local chipped virgin wood to run the installed power generation capacity of 30MW.
The biogas plant has a power generation capacity of 1MW and will use 18 thousand tonnes of corn silage and 26 thousand tonnes of pig manure per annum from local producers.
Consumption of the animal waste is expected to reduce uncontrolled disposal in the region.
