How does the plant generate electricity from straw?
The plant burns straw in a boiler to produce high pressure, high temperature steam. This steam is fed to a steam turbine generator in which the steam’s energy is converted first to the mechanical energy of the steam turbine rotor and then into electricity. The spent steam is condensed back into water in a bank of radiators and fans called the air cooled condenser; the water is then fed back into the boiler to begin the cycle again.
