The world's largest biomass power plant was awarded second prize in a competition of the use of renewable energy sources.

Alholmens Kraft, and Timberjack Energy Technology were awarded in a competition promoting the use of renewable energy resources, energy efficiency and related innovation. The award is given out annually by the Austrian O. Ö. Energiesparverband organisation.

Alholmens Kraft is a pioneer in the use of renewable energy sources. The power plant uses logging waste, such as tree tops and branches, collected from cleaning and harvest sites.

Logging waste is wrapped into tightly packed stick logs using Timberjack's collection method. The annual output of the Alholmens Kraft power plant is approximately 1.3 TWh of electricity and 0.6 TWh of heat.

A total of 1,300 projects from 98 countries participated in the Energy Globe Award competition. First prize in the corporate category went to a Spanish wind power initiative.

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Alholmens Krafts bioenergy power plant located in Pietarsaari in Western Finland generates energy from logging waste.