DEPARTMENT FOR
BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM News Release (2008/112)
issued by The Government News Network on 16 June 2008
The Energy
Minister, Malcolm Wicks, has today given the go ahead to Helius
Energy plc to construct a 65 MW biomass power station near
Stallingborough in North East Lincolnshire.
When it is built, the plant could produce enough green energy to
power the equivalent of about 100,000 homes.
It is expected to provide approximately 267 full time jobs during
the construction phase and 75 permanent full time jobs working a
shift pattern when the plant is running.
Malcolm Wicks said:
"This is another stepping stone towards powering a greener,
cleaner UK. Not only does it help tackle climate change and
increase secure supplies of energy, but the building and running
of this biomass plant will also provide jobs in Lincolnshire.
"This announcement takes us closer to achieving our proposed
renewable energy targets. We have doubled the amount of renewable
electricity to 5% over the last few years and later this month we
will be launching our consultation on how we can drive this
forward even further."
The power station will initially be fuelled by waste wood,
specially grown crops and the leftovers from timber processing
activities sourced from the UK and Europe.
Planning permission has also been granted to build an additional
biomass processing facility and bioethanol and biodiesel refinery.
The intention is that spent grains from the bioethanol plant and
glycerol from the biodiesel plant will eventually be used as the
fuel feedstock for the power station.
The development will also include an area of approximately 20
hectares specifically set aside for birds and water voles.
Notes for Editors:
1. Consent has been granted under section 36 of the Electricity
Act 1989.
2. In addition to the consents, planning permission has been
deemed to be granted subject to the inclusion of 53 conditions
agreed with North East Lincolnshire Council, Natural England and
the Environment Agency. Similarly, Hazardous Substances Consent
for the storage of ethanol has also been deemed to be granted
subject to a condition agreed with the Health and Safety Executive.
3. The construction will be phased. The power station will be
built first followed by the processing plant which will produce
approximately 250,000 tonnes of bioethanol and 100,000 tonnes of
biodiesel per year to be used for transport.
4. Other renewable projects consented in the last 12 months are:
Offshore
Teesside (100MW) -Windfarm (WF)
Walney (600 MW) -WF
Gunfleet Sand II (64 MW) -WF
Pulse (0.15MW) Prototype -Tidal
Wave Hub (20 MW) -Wave Power
Onshore
Port Talbot (350 MW) - Biomass
Fullabrook (66 MW) -WF
Keadby (85 MW) -WF
Tween Bridge (66 MW) -WF
5. Public copies of the decision documentation are available from
Walter Gusmag, Energy Development Unit, BERR email
walter.gusmag@berr.gsi.gov.uk or tel. 0207 215 2727.
6. Helius Energy press contact: John Seed - Tel 01642 438540
7. The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
helps UK business succeed in an increasingly competitive world.
It promotes business growth and a strong enterprise economy, leads
the better regulation agenda and champions free and fair markets.
It is the shareholder in a number of Government-owned assets and
it works to secure, clean and competitively priced energy supplies.