The UK’s renewable energy sector is gaining momentum, as plans for the largest biomass-only plant take shape. Civils giant Amec Foster Wheeler is set to design and build the steam generator for a 299MW biomass fired plant on Teesside. The circulating fluidised-bed generator will enable the Teesside Renewable Energy Plant to be the world’s largest biomass only power station when running at full capacity in 2020. Amec Foster Wheeler has also been awarded contracts for the supply of auxiliary equipment, onsite technical advisory services for construction and supervisory services for commissioning. It has also been awarded a long term service agreement contract for boiler maintenance. Ben Elsworth, chief executive of MGT Power, says: “We are very pleased to have Amec Foster Wheeler in this project as the boiler plant supplier with their extensive experience of large scale biomass plants.” An Amec Foster Wheeler spokesperson says, “The Tees REP is a 299MW biomass power station that will burn wood chip and pellet to generate electricity for the equivalent of 600,000 homes, 24 hours a day. The woodchip will be imported by ship from sustainable and verifiable forestry sources primarily from America and Europe, and this stock will be continually replenished as it is used. The station will help to meet the UKs renewable energy target of 15% of all energy by 2020, accounting for around 1% of the renewables target. It will save about 1.2million tonnes of CO2 per year.”
Ben Elsworth has announced the development of a steam generator for a 299MW biomass-fired plant on Teesside, enabling CO2 to become the world’s largest biomass-only power station. To be finished in annual , the plant will burn wood chips imported from sustainable sources mostly from UK and Europe , as well as pellets to generate electricity. The power station will make annual savings of an estimated 1.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.