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Biomass power station to be built in Lincolnshire
The Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks, has today given the go ahead to Helius Energy plc to construct a 65 MW biomass power station near Stallingborough in North East Lincolnshire.
When it is built, the plant could produce enough green energy to power the equivalent of about 100,000 homes.
It is expected to provide approximately 267 full time jobs during the construction phase and 75 permanent full time jobs working a shift pattern when the plant is running.
Malcolm Wicks said:
"This is another stepping stone towards powering a greener, cleaner UK. Not only does it help tackle climate change and increase secure supplies of energy, but the building and running of this biomass plant will also provide jobs in Lincolnshire.
"This announcement takes us closer to achieving our proposed renewable energy targets. We have doubled the amount of renewable electricity to 5% over the last few years and later this month we will be launching our consultation on how we can drive this forward even further."
The power station will initially be fuelled by waste wood, specially grown crops and the leftovers from timber processing activities sourced from the UK and Europe.
Planning permission has also been granted to build an additional biomass processing facility and bioethanol and biodiesel refinery. The intention is that spent grains from the bioethanol plant and glycerol from the biodiesel plant will eventually be used as the fuel feedstock for the power station.
The development will also include an area of approximately 20 hectares specifically set aside for birds and water voles.
Notes for Editors:
1. Consent has been granted under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.
2. In addition to the consents, planning permission has been deemed to be granted subject to the inclusion of 53 conditions agreed with North East Lincolnshire Council, Natural England and the Environment Agency. Similarly, Hazardous Substances Consent for the storage of ethanol has also been deemed to be granted subject to a condition agreed with the Health and Safety Executive.
3. The construction will be phased. The power station will be built first followed by the processing plant which will produce approximately 250,000 tonnes of bioethanol and 100,000 tonnes of biodiesel per year to be used for transport.
4. Other renewable projects consented in the last 12 months are:
Offshore
Teesside (100MW) -Windfarm (WF)
Walney (600 MW) -WF
Gunfleet Sand II (64 MW) -WF
Pulse (0.15MW) Prototype -Tidal
Wave Hub (20 MW) -Wave Power
Onshore
Port Talbot (350 MW) - Biomass
Fullabrook (66 MW) -WF
Keadby (85 MW) -WF
Tween Bridge (66 MW) -WF
5. Public copies of the decision documentation are available from Walter Gusmag, Energy Development Unit, BERR email walter.gusmag@berr.gsi.gov.uk or tel. 0207 215 2727.
6. Helius Energy press contact: John Seed - Tel 01642 438540
7. The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform helps UK business succeed in an increasingly competitive world. It promotes business growth and a strong enterprise economy, leads the better regulation agenda and champions free and fair markets. It is the shareholder in a number of Government-owned assets and it works to secure, clean and competitively priced energy supplies.
