In Japan, Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO), an international infrastructure and industrial engineering and construction company, has announced that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to construct a 51.5 MWe biomass power plant. This plant will be built in Ishikari-shi, Hokkaido, Japan for Ishikari Shinko New Energy Hatsuden Godo Kaisha.
TOYO will carry out the EPC turnkey contract on a full turn-key basis that includes engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning services for a power generation unit.
The plant will use imported wood pellets and palm kernel shells (PKS) as fuel and is scheduled for completion during 2022.
This award also marks TOYO’s fourth-order for 50 MW-class biomass power plant.