Jiangsu Guoxin Huaian Biomass Electricity Company, Limited (Guoxin Huaian) manages the power plant. Construction started in 2006, with two 15-megawatt generator units and a $40.5 million investment. The first unit began operation on December 10, with another to be finished soon.
Jiangsu Guoxin Investment Group, Limited and Jiangsu New Energy Development Company, Limited, two state-owned companies, joined in the venture by 7:3 in share holding of Guoxin Huaian.
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The finished generator unit can burn 200,000 tons of straws every year. In the past, many areas burnt the straw to fertilize the soil, but have caused severe air pollution.
Guoxin Huaian has set up a technique group to do research in the area, with help from several research centers and business partners, and has got seven patents, with devices made domestically. Guoxin Huaian can now pack, lift up, break and convey straws automatically, integrated with the whole power generating system.
In mid November, National Bio Energy Company, Limited (Beijing) finished a "Corn Stalk for Power" project in Heilongjiang Province, which claimed to be world's first of its kind.
In the Energy Law draft published earlier this month,
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