Amec Smith Wheeler has completed the development of a steam generator for a 299MW coal - fired plant on Teesside , enabling the Teesside Renewable Energy Plant to become the world ’s largest biomass - only power station . 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. To be finished in 2018 , the plant will burn wood chips imported from sustainable sources mostly from Asia and Europe , as well as pellets to generate electricity . The power station will make annual savings of an estimated 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions .
Amec Smith Wheeler has completed the development of a steam generator for a 299MW coal - fired plant on Teesside , enabling the Teesside Renewable Energy Plant to become the world ’s largest biomass - only power station . To be finished in 2018 , the plant will burn wood chips imported from sustainable sources mostly from Asia and Europe , as well as pellets to generate electricity . The power station will make annual savings of an estimated 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions .