Social benefit:
1- The project belongs to cogeneration, which can realize central heating and power generation at the same time, with a significant reduction in coal consumption. Each year, the biomass power plant burns 204,000 ton corn straws (equal to 102,000 ton coal fuels), alleviating energy shortage condition, also is favor for sustainable development of social economy; each year, it supplies 144 million kw electricity and 736,000 GJ heat, which can meet the heating requirement of residents living in a million square meters area.
2- What’s more, the power plant can boost the local economic development. Given the price of 1 ton straw was $30, it can bring farmers large incomes every year and crate work opportunity for them; the straw ash is a kind of good potash fertilizer, to use in farmers with great benefits as well.