Earlier in September we reported that the Eggborough Power Station in north Yorkshire is due to be shut down in 2016 due to financial instabilities, however, the owners of the coal-fired power station have entered into discussion with a biomass firm that offers a cheap conversion solution that could﻿ prevent the plant from closing. The company behind the project, called Ecopower, has been working on converting an old coal fired boiler at the site for several years and hopes to complete work by 2016. AEG's CoalSwitch technology allows coal-fired power plants to effectively 'plug and play' the new technology, without the high costs associated with a large scale biomass conversion. ﻿﻿﻿
Earlier in September we reported that the Eggborough Power Station in north Yorkshire is due to be shut down in 2016 due to financial instabilities, however, the owners of the coal-fired power station have entered into discussion with a biomass firm that offers a cheap conversion solution that could﻿ prevent the plant from closing. Biomass company, Active Energy Group (AEG), which recently partnered with US firm Biomass Energy Enhancements (BEE), offers fuel solutions and systems, that could ﻿the potential to be utilised in the coal-fired power plants as a direct replacement for coal, as well as being mixed with coal in co-firing operations. AEG's CoalSwitch technology allows coal-fired power plants to effectively 'plug and play' the new technology, without the high costs associated with a large scale biomass conversion. ﻿﻿﻿