Technical and economical feasibility analysis of biomass gasification power plants in a Mediterranean area

The performance of a biomass gasification plant for power production has been evaluated using a developed methodology based on geographical information systems to evaluate and quantify the available biomass resources and a simulation software to analyze the power production based on the data obtained from the methodology. An economic and environmental analysis has also been performed based on the simulation and methodology data. This analysis has been performed for twelve districts of the Valencian province in Spain and the main results and conclusions are presented in this paper.