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Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--E.ON UK has started generating power at its third U.K. biomass plant, the Blackburn Meadows biomass facility in Sheffield.
The company, which is part of German energy major E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY) (Dusseldorf, Germany), said the facility generated electricity and synchronized with the local distribution network for the first time last week.
The 30-megawatt (MW) plant, situated approximately 5.5 kilometers (km) northeast of Sheffield city center, can generate enough power for about 40,000 homes and cost E.ON 151 million euros (US$206 million) to construct. Blackburn Meadows will also supply hot water to a new low-carbon district heating network under construction and which is expected to be completed early next year. The network will supply heat directly to local businesses and homes. The company said the plant adds to the U.K.'s growing renewable energy base and will help it diversify its own mix of electricity generation assets.
"After several years of hard work by the project team and our contractors it is a great feeling to be finally generating power," said Luke Ellis, E.ON's Blackburn Meadows project manager. "The next and final stage of the project is the reliability and performance testing phase, which is due to be completed this summer."
The plant will be fueled by locally sourced recycled waste wood, the company said. It will displace the emissions of around 80,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, E.ON said, "the equivalent of taking more than 20,000 cars off the U.K.'s roads each year." Work on the Blackburn Meadows project started in 2011 and the plant now employs 30 staff.
E.ON pulled the plug on a much larger 150-MW biomass project late last year, despite having received planning permission from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in 2012. The Portbury Dock project, destined for the Port of Bristol in North Somerset, was canned over changes to the government's subsidy system at the time, the Renewables Obligations Certificate (ROC) subsidy scheme.
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The company, which is part of German energy major E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY) (Dusseldorf, Germany), said the facility generated electricity and synchronized with the local distribution network for the first time last week.
The 30-megawatt (MW) plant, situated approximately 5.5 kilometers (km) northeast of Sheffield city center, can generate enough power for about 40,000 homes and cost E.ON 151 million euros (US$206 million) to construct. Blackburn Meadows will also supply hot water to a new low-carbon district heating network under construction and which is expected to be completed early next year. The network will supply heat directly to local businesses and homes. The company said the plant adds to the U.K.'s growing renewable energy base and will help it diversify its own mix of electricity generation assets.
"After several years of hard work by the project team and our contractors it is a great feeling to be finally generating power," said Luke Ellis, E.ON's Blackburn Meadows project manager. "The next and final stage of the project is the reliability and performance testing phase, which is due to be completed this summer."
The plant will be fueled by locally sourced recycled waste wood, the company said. It will displace the emissions of around 80,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, E.ON said, "the equivalent of taking more than 20,000 cars off the U.K.'s roads each year." Work on the Blackburn Meadows project started in 2011 and the plant now employs 30 staff.
E.ON pulled the plug on a much larger 150-MW biomass project late last year, despite having received planning permission from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in 2012. The Portbury Dock project, destined for the Port of Bristol in North Somerset, was canned over changes to the government's subsidy system at the time, the Renewables Obligations Certificate (ROC) subsidy scheme.
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Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, three offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
