Global energy generation of select biomass power plants 2018

Published by Lucía Fernández, Feb 8, 2023
The Drax biomass power plant, located in Great Britain, powered exclusively from wood, generated approximately 48 gigawatt hours in 2018. This was enough to supply 3.4 million people in the United Kingdom with energy. Five out of six of the largest biomass power plants globally are located in Europe.

Leading biomass power plants based on generation worldwide as of 2018 (in megawatt hours)*

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EIA; IAEA; Various sources (Power Technology, media reports); Visual Capitalist; OWID Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

August 2019

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

* Burning wood and trash.
** Converted coal plant.

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