Scottish biomass projects scrapped
28 Mar 2014
Plans to develop three combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plants in Scotland have been scrapped, its developer has confirmed.
Scottish renewables firm Forth Energy has confirmed this week it will no longer go ahead with the planned development of renewables energy projects at Grangemouth and the Port of Rosyth on the Firth of Forth, and has withdrawn its application to develop a third site.
Both the Grangemouth and Rosyth projects had gained the appropriate consent from the Scottish Government and Forth Energy is now investigating options to attract new developers to take the projects forward, a statement on the energy firm’s website has said.
Forth Energy, a joint venture between SSE and Forth Ports, has also withdrawn its application for a third proposed plant at the Port of Dundee following an objection from Dundee City Council.
This week’s announcement comes two months after Forth Energy was given the green light to develop the Rosyth site.
The CHP plant, which if built will use sustainably sourced wood fuel to generate 120MW of low carbon renewable electricity and 30MW of heat, will cost around £325 million to construct and will be capable of providing over 40% of the electricity needs in the Fife council area.
