Japan's First Woody Biomass Power Generation in Place

From the Japan for Sustainability web site.

Woody biomass has now become a practical fuel for power generation.
Shikoku Electric Power Co. in western Japan announced the start of
commercial biomass power generation on July 4, 2005 at its Saijo Power
Station, after completing tests for co-firing woody biomass with coal.
This is the nation's first full-fledged incorporation of woody biomass
fuel into an existing coal-fired power plant.

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