Biomass Plant Enna/Sicily

In September 2010 RWE Innogy Italia signed an agreement for the construction of the first biomass cogeneration plant in Sicily. The company will be the majority owner of the power plant and owns 90 per cent of the project shares together with its joint venture partner Fri-El Green Power. The remaining 10 per cent are held by the Roman company Infrastrutture e Gestioni S.p.A.. The investment volume amounts to € 61 million. Commissioning is due late in 2012.

The biomass plant has a capacity of 18.7 megawatts and is designed for a power generation output of 128,000 megawatt-hours. This is enough to supply about 30,000 residential households with electricity per year.

The concept of this biomass plant is compatible with the specific conditions on site and provides the use of local biomass and a close cooperation with regional partners.