
EPC · South Africa
Timber processing power and biochar
- 1 MW
- Power
- 7,500 MWh/yr
- Annual output
- Wood waste
- Fuel
- Timber processor
- Customer
- Since 2024
- Operating
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Project overview
1 MW of onsite power from wood waste.
A 1 MW onsite plant converting wood waste into continuous electricity and biochar, keeping the mill running through grid outages.
- The challenge
- A timber processor with large volumes of wood waste and a grid supply exposed to load-shedding and rising tariffs.
- What CNP delivers
- A 1 MW onsite plant converting wood waste into continuous electricity, keeping the mill running through grid outages and cutting purchased power.

On site
Project photos.
01 / 05Impact
- 7,500 MWh
- Renewable electricity a year
- 4,000 tCO₂
- Emissions avoided a year
- 1,000 t
- Biochar produced a year
- 2,300 tCO₂e
- Carbon removal a year
Plant configuration
The plant.
- CNP role
- EPC
- Capacity
- 1 MW
- Heat
- Used for fuel drying
- Fuel
- Wood waste
- Fuel use
- 8,000 t/yr
- Operating hours
- 7,500 h/yr
- Availability
- 90%
- Location
- South Africa
- In operation since
- 2024
Scope
What CNP delivered.
- Feasibility and fuel assessment
- Engineering and design
- Plant supply and fabrication
- Installation and commissioning
- Operator training
Timber processor
Customer
Name withheld at the customer’s request
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