Bale opener for use in a feeding line of a biomass energy plant, the bale opener (1) comprising one or more disintegration members (2) being rotatable around a rotation axis (5) defining an axial direction, the disintegration members (2) having in the axial direction a first end (3) and a second end (4), an inlet (17) for feeding bales (28) in a feeding direction (33) to the one or more disintegration members (2), an outlet (18) for discharging loosened bale material from the one or more disintegration members (2), a drive system (6) being operable to drive the one or more disintegration members (2) to rotate around their respective rotation axis (5), wherein the one or more disintegration members (2) are provided with a plurality of blades (8), the blades (8) extending outwardly from a radially inner edge (9) to a radially outer edge (10) and from a first edge (11) at the first end (3) of the disintegration member(2) to a second edge (12) in a direction towards the second end (4) of the disintegration member (2), and that the inlet (17) is arranged opposite to the first end (3) of the one or more disintegration members (2) so as to feed the bales (28) to a processing region (34) at the first end (3) of the disintegration members (2).
