The biomass-fired power plant of Crotone, owned and operated by Biomasse Crotone, a company acquired by EP New Energy Italia in December 2017, is situated in the central-eastern part of Calabria region. Crotone is a biomass-fired power plant with a total capacity of 27 MW.
The plant is mainly fueled with biomass made of wood chips, derived from forest maintenance and agro-food residuals coming from local and national markets.
The yearly biomass consumption is about 300,000 tons, and the total annual production at full capacity is about 220 GWh.
