Renewables project gets green light
27 Jan 2014
Scottish renewables firm Forth Energy has been given approval to build a combined heat and power (CHP) plant at the Port of Rosyth on the Firth of Forth.
According to Forth Energy the CHP plant will use sustainably sourced wood fuel to generate 120MW of low carbon renewable electricity and 30MW of heat.
Costing £325 million to construct, once finished the plant will be capable of providing over 40% of the electricity needs in the Fife council area.
Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing said: “The combined heat and power plant at the Port of Rosyth will create hundreds of jobs during its construction, and while in operation will continue to support local employment while generating renewable power for local business and industry.”
Forth Energy has said it is currently negotiating terms of the approval with the Scottish government and Fife council, and construction of the CHP plant will commence pending a successful planning phase.
