The Russi plant, which will be built in an industrial area previously occupied by the Eridania sugar refinery, will require an investment of Euro 126 million and create over 300 direct and indirect jobs, in addition to the 200 workers who will be building the plant. Total annual output is estimated at 222 GWh, enough to meet the needs of 84 thousand households and avoid the atmospheric emission of 117 thousand tonnes of CO2 each year.
The biomass plant, with an installed power generation capacity of 30 MW, will be fuelled by chipped virgin wood sourced locally, with an annual requirement of about 270 thousand tonnes of fuel.
The biogas plant, with a power generation capacity of 1 MW will require an annual volume of 18 thousand tonnes of corn silage and 26 thousand tonnes of pig manure from local producers, thereby avoiding what is sometimes uncontrolled disposal in the area.
The full development of local agricultural and forestry industries and the optimization of the use of prunings and agricultural waste enabled by the new plants is consistent with EU recommendations of local biomass as one of the main solutions for ensuring secure energy supplies and energy sustainability in Europe.
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