biomass power plant

Right now, there are 226 biomass plants using biomass to generate electricity in the UK. These 226 power plants have an estimated power output of 1.58GW, which is enough to power more than 8.3 million homes for an hour.
These power plants include Ironbridge power plant, the largest in the world with a capacity of 740mW, and Ferrybridge, which has a capacity of around 79mW.
Bioenergy is also currently the second largest source of renewable energy in the UK, generating 12.9% of the total UK energy supply in 2021.

As the world moves towards more sustainable methods of generating electricity, biomass power plants have definitely increased in popularity. Just over 10 years ago, there were around 2,000 biomass power plants, generating roughly 22 GWel (gigawatt electrical)* of electricity.
As of early 2023, there are more than 4,800 biomass power plants, with a combined output of 81.5 GWel. This is still some way off the number of coal power plants in the world (8,500 as of 2021), but the signs are there that biomass power plants are quickly catching up.
Projections, however, indicate that by the end of 2032, there will be approximately 5,870 power plants using biomass, with a capacity of around 95.5GWel.