Owned and operated by GDF Suez, the power plant located in Polaniec began delivering electricity to the national electricity grid.
Foster Wheeler supplied the advanced biomass circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boiler that powers the plant.
CFB technology enables the plant to burn a range of biomasses and fuels including agricultural crop derived raw material.
Foster Wheeler Energia Polska president and CEO Jaroslaw Mlonka noted that the company had sought to design a boiler that can burn difficult agro biomass while increasing steam temperatures that enhance efficiency.
"This particular CFB incorporates many advanced design features that enable the Polaniec plant to achieve a net plant efficiency of over 36%, based on the fuels lower heating value, while firing solely biomass containing up to a 20% agro component.
"This Advanced Bio CFB — or ABC — is the largest and most advanced biomass CFB steam generator Foster Wheeler has ever supplied," noted Mlonka.
