Biomass Power Commercial Demonstration

Building on the technological advances gained under the UNDP-implemented Pilot Phase GEF project, a public-private consortium will demonstrate biomass integrated gasification/gas turbine technology for co-generation of electricity at a commercial scale. The 30 MW demonstration plant will run on wood chip fuel from plantation forests.

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Cancelled
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/63
Countries
Brazil
Managing organisations
Min. of Science and Technology
Companhia Hydroelectrica do Sao Francisco
Implementing organisations
World Bank
Project ID
63
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 1
GEF Cofinancing
$82.000.000
GEF project grant
$40.000.000
Executing Agencies
Min. of Science and Technology; Companhia Hydroelectrica do Sao Francisco