100MW biomass project approved
24 Jul 2013
The £250m development of a biomass power plant in the North East of England was approved by government planning authorities today.
The Planning Inspectorate approved renewable energy developer RES’ plans to build a 99.9MW biomass facility on a brownfield site in the Port of Blyth, Northumberland.
The power plant will burn biomass in the form of woodchip, pellets or briquettes, with the majority of the wood fuel being delivered to the site by ship using existing port facilities.
It is wind developer RES’ first biomass scheme and will have the capacity to generate up to 750GWh of electricity per year.
Following today’s approval, RES anticipates that construction of the North Blyth Biomass Power Station will start in 2014 and last for around two and a half years.
The firm is currently in the process of procuring an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the scheme.
