A new 95 Mega Watt
power plant capable of turning 600,000 tonnes of waste each year
into electricity and heat, to be built at Ince in Cheshire, was
approved by the Government today.
A new 95 Mega Watt power plant capable of turning 600,000 tonnes
of waste each year into electricity and heat, to be built at Ince
in Cheshire, was approved by the Government today.
The waste, which would have otherwise gone to landfill, will
instead be used to generate electricity to power a new Resource
Recovery Park. Excess electricity will also be exported to the
National Grid.
The approval follows a public inquiry held into both the power
plant and the Resource Recovery Park, which recommended that
consent should be granted for the construction and operation of
the plant and also that planning permission be given for the
Resource Recovery Park.
Energy Minister and Climate Change minister Lord Hunt said:
“We need to increase our use of renewable energy and to find
solutions to the UK’s waste problem. This power plant will convert
over half a million tonnes of waste each year into energy.
“The Inspector recommended the power plant be granted consent
after a thorough public inquiry. I am satisfied that the
mitigation measures to be put in place will protect the amenity of
local villages.”
The separate planning permission for
the Resource Recovery Park was also given today by the Secretary
of State for Communities and Local Government, John Denham.
Notes to Editors
1. Proposals to construct power stations with a capacity greater
than 50 MW requires the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate
Change’s consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.
Planning permission can be deemed to be granted under section
90(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act. 1990.
2. The appeal made to the Secretary of State for Communities and
Local Government under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning
Act 1990 was against failure by Cheshire County Council to give
notice within the prescribed period of a decision on an
application for outline planning permission for the Resource
Recovery Park.
3. Copies of the Inspector’s Report (which covers both the Refuse
Derived Fuel power plant and the Resource Recovery Park) and the
decision letter in respect of the Resource Recovery Park are
available on the CLG website at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuilding/planning/decisionsplanning/
They are also available from:
Michael Taylor, CLG: 020-7944-8711
Copies of the Inspector’s Report and the decision letter in
respect of the power plant are available from:
William Long DECC: 020-7215 6795 or w.long@decc.gsi.gov.uk
Contacts:
Department of Energy and Climate Change
nds.decc@coi.gsi.gov.uk