China to get first biomass plant using sea buckthorn, caragana

CleanTech Group
April 15, 2009

Inner Mongolia plant expected to generate 150 million kWh per year using the native shrubs.
China's Baotou Kaidi Sunshine Energy Investment announced plans for the country's first biomass plant to be powered by the native shrubs of hippophae rhamnoides and caragana.

Baotou Kaidi is expected to spend RMB 1 billion ($147 million) to build the plant in Damao Banner, a section of Baotou, which is the largest city in Inner Mongolia.

The plant is expected to generate 150 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year by consuming 130,000 tons of hippophae rhamnoides and caragana. The plants are expected to replace 80,000 tons of coal annually.

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