France's Most Powerful Biomass Power Plant Gets Wood Delivered by Train - Energy Revolution

To satisfy its big wooden appetite, the biomass section of the Provence power plant in Meyreuil (Bouches-du-Rhône) has just launched its first railway convoys. They help to avoid the traffic of many trucks. A generous and highly criticized financial commitment of the State had enabled it to be revived, after eighteen months of shutdown. The plant of Provence, whose biomass slice is the most powerful of France (150 MW), can consume up to 450,000 …