Lautaro Generation Project

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Lautaro Community, near Temuco City in La Araucanía Region, Chile.

Lautaro Generation Project

The project activity consists in the construction of a new power only plant that produces electricity using biomass residues as a fuel in a boiler located in Lautaro community, in Chile. It is considered a Greenfield power plant because there is no energy generation at the project site prior the implementation of the CDM project activity. The project activity produces grid connected electricity by using available biomass residues that otherwise would be left to decay or burnt on fields. Residues consumed by the project activity are agricultural and forestry residues. All the biomass residues are obtained from different suppliers at the country’s administrative region called “La Araucanía Region” in the South of Chile, where the project is located. The total surface of the site is 29 ha, from which 9 ha is used by the power plant, including constructions and zones of fuel (biomass) management. Biomass residues are fed without any previous treatment into the boiler (except for mechanical treatment in some cases like some wood residues). Then the overheated steam produced in the biomass boiler is used to generate electricity in a turbo-generator equipment. The electricity produced was initially connected to the Central Interconnected System (SIC, by its Spanish acronym), now part of the National Electric System (SEN, by its Spanish acronym). The purpose of the project is to produce electrical energy from biomass resources to satisfy the growing electricity demand. The project activity power only plant has a gross installed capacity of 24 MW. The activity Project contributes to local sustainable development by: • Using biomass residues as a fuel which is a renewable source for electricity generation. • Diversifying energy sources helping to decrease the import of fossil fuel from other countries. • Promoting the development and implementation of biomass energy production technologies.

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