Czech Teplárny Brno begins construction of a biomass boiler for CZK 2.4 billion

Representatives of Brno, the municipal company Teplárny Brno and the contractors today marked the start of construction of a biomass boiler at the Brno-sever heating plant by symbolically laying its cornerstone. The boiler, which will burn wood chips, will cost CZK 2.4 billion together with the other necessary equipment and is expected to reduce the heating plants’ dependence on natural-gas-fired heat production by 15 percent.

„We began planning the project back in 2013. We handed the site over to the contractor on 15 May this year, and under the contract, construction should be completed in 18 months,“ said Petr Fajmon, CEO of Teplárny Brno.

The biomass boiler will consume 80,000 tonnes of wood chips a year, supplied to the heating plants by another municipal company, Lesy města Brna. „We already supply the heating plants with 10,000 tonnes of chips a year, and we can double this amount using our own resources. To produce the chips, we use material left in the forest after valuable timber has been harvested, including branches, treetops and other wood. We will purchase the remaining chips needed by Teplárny Brno from other forest owners,“ said Jiří Neshyba, director of Lesy města Brna.