Advantages and Limitations of Biomass Co-combustion in Fossil Fired Power Plants

Co-combustion of biomass is an important technology for CO ₂ -neutral electricity generation. In many countries biomass co-combustion is one of the most economic ways to save CO ₂ . In addition it can be motivated by saving of CO ₂ taxes. Co-combustion of biomass is practiced in numerous plants, especially in Denmark, Belgium, The Netherlands, Poland, Italy and United Kingdom.

Different government subsidy schemes as well as other financial instruments provide various national incentives for biomass co-combustion within the European Union. In Germany biomass co-combustion is excluded from special electricity refunds for renewable energy sources. As co-combustion to a certain extent competes with stand-alone biomass plants for the limited biomass resources, the position towards biomass co-combustion is controversial. This paper demonstrates the advantages and limitations for biomass co-combustion.

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