The facility will run primarily on woodchips, cornstover, sunflower and wheat straw to generate and realize energy through direct combustion in a steam boiler.
It will feature Siemens-built Wellons steam turbine boiler. Construction on the facility is expected to be completed by November 2016.
DNC is formalizing plans to buy eight sites for future expansion with an intention to operate more than 200MW of generation by 2020.
DNC Energy president David Neisingh said: "Our new facility is a unique source of renewable energy in Ukraine and we anticipate that this landmark project will add substantially to the local economy, support sustainable waste management practices and improve the health of the local environment.
"The rising cost of energy makes it crucial to produce electricity from alternative sources and is also an important factor in our project’s implementation."
The facility would be the thirteenth biomass plant to be built in Ukraine, which already has six biomass plants and seven biogas anaerobic digester systems.
Western European countries are actively funding projects to develop alternative energy sources and biofuels in order to reduce reliance on energy generating countries,
The existing financial situation in Ukraine does not allow it to invest large amounts of state funds in the energy sector.
The country has however created favorable conditions for the development of energy production from renewable sources by offering tax and customs exemptions, dubbed the green tariff.
Electricity produced by DNC’s new power station will be sold using the green tariff law, which was introduced in 2009.
Image: The DNC Energy team created the concept, supplied the boiler and provided project management and oversight for the 6MW power plant in Ukraine. Photo: courtesy of DNC Energy/PR Newswire.
