Biomass Services
The Hargreaves Group works with its' customers in the electricity supply sector to source, import, transport and handle a range of biomass products. Hargreaves has the resources to satisfy any part of the biomass supply chain and also has experience in the design/installation of bespoke storage and handling equipment.

About Biomass
There has been remarkably rapid progress over the past 5-10 years in the development of the co-utilisation of biomass materials in coal-fired power plants. The use of biomass in existing coal-fired power plants was among the first commercial options. The main reasons for this were the direct reduction of CO 2 emissions by replacing coal and also utilisation of the existing infrastructure for energy-efficient power supply - thereby minimizing investment costs.
A recent inventory of the application of co-firing worldwide has indicated that more than 150 coal-fired power plants have experience with co-firing biomass or waste, at least on a trial basis. The power plants involved are in the range 50-700 MW although a number of very small plants have also been involved. The co-firing activities have involved all of the commercially significant solid fossil fuels, including lignites, sub-bituminous coals, bituminous coals, anthracites, and petroleum coke. These fuels have been co-fired with a very wide range of biomass material, including herbaceous and woody materials, wet and dry agricultural residues and energy crops. This experience has shown how the technical risks associated with co-firing in different types of coal-fired power plants can be reduced to an acceptable level through proper selection of biomass type and co-firing technology.