Viaspace signs MOU with DP Clean Tech for Giant King Grass test for China power production

In China, Viaspace, a company growing Giant King Grass, has signed an MOU with DP Clean Tech, a design, and engineering, procurement, & construction company for biomass-to-power operations, to deliver 300 tons of biomass per day in a trial of the energy crop for burning in DP Clean Tech’s 30MW power plants.

DP Clean Tech now has 19 plants in operation in China, where it now has 400 MW of installed power capacity and is the largest suppplier of biomass-based power. In related news, DP Clean Tech announced  that Kenneth Jørgensen will join the company as Chief Technical Officer. Jorgensen will lead the development of the company’s Danish-based biomass technology for power plants.

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