Experts from ecoprog and Fraunhofer Umsicht expect the European capacity of power generation in biomass plants to increase by 2,900 MW until 2013, especially in the UK and France. During the last 5 years, the number of biomass power plants in Europe almost doubled. Currently, about 800 mono-firing power plants in 23 countries convert thermal energy from the incineration of wood, black liquor or other biomass into electrical energy. The electrical power of these plants increased from 5,300 MW in 2003 to 7,100 MW at present A further increase of the capacity up to more than 10,000 MW until the end of 2013 is expected.
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