Plans for £500m Tees energy plant approved

[macca1]

Construction of the £500 million Tees Renewable Energy Plant has been approved by the Government.


The project, being developed by MGT Power, is one of the largest biomass plants to be built in the world.

The plant will be constructed at a disused industrial site at Teesdock. It is expected to create 600 new jobs during the three-year construction period, as well as 150 permanent jobs during the station’s lifetime.

Daniel Tain, partner at law firm Shadbolt – which advised MGT Power on the scheme – described it as “a benchmark project for the UK renewable energy market”.

The 295MW plant, which will enter commercial operation in 2012, will save 1.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and will generate enough electricity for 600,000 homes in the north east of England.

MGT Power director Chris Moore said: “Other similarly sized biomass plants are proposed in other parts of the country but our Teesport project is currently two years ahead of the pack and likely to be one of the first to be operational.”





I wonder who get this gonna be a bout 20 weeks muckshifting todo

[John Gaunt]

Thanks for posting, do you have any idea what type of biomass the plant will use ?

[Mike d550]

According to the press statements on the internet the plant will go through 2.4 million tons of woodchip per year !!!!!

I thought they were going to start the earthworks earlier this year, they need to get a start if the plant is going to be up and ready for 2012 !

Does anyone know who is going to do the muckshifting?

Regards

Mike D550

[macca1]

Gotta be started soon ike m8 as gotta be up and running in 3 years all prices have gone in ive been told so sud know soon whos got it

[Mike d550]

I thought the earthworks were starting earlier this year so i imagine it will not be long now !

As soon as i hear anything i will be there with my trusty 35mm camera!

Regards

Mike D550

[macca1]

job well on now muckshifting work sud be done by march done by cheater mills