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News Release from: Forestry Commission | Subject: Sembcorp Utilities
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
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Sembcorp Utilities is to build a GBP 60 million wood-burning power station on Teeside and has agreed to guarantee part of the wood supply needed for the next ten years.
The Forestry Commission in England has welcomed the news that Sembcorp Utilities is to build a GBP 60 million wood-burning power station on Teeside and has agreed to guarantee part of the wood supply needed for the next ten years The new station will generate 30 megawatts of electricity - enough to power around 30,000 homes - and will make a significant contribution to renewable eneergy schemes in the north-east
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Brendan Callaghan, Conservator for the north-east of England, said: "This is an exciting development and one we are pleased to support".
"The new station will need about 300,000 tonnes of woody material each year and, as well as contibuting to the area's renewable energy strategy, will provide a new outlet for wood and wood by-products".
""The Forestry Commisison has agreed to supply up to 50,000 tonnes of round timber for the next ten years to help kick-start the scheme and we hope that other producers in the area will be able to take advantage of the new market opportunities for roundwood, specially grown energy crops, sawmill residues and recycled material".
""The new scheme should help secure jobs in all parts of the wood supply chain, and we hope it will also lead to improved management of our local woodlands." Initially the new station will require about 20 per cent of its wood supply to be in the form of purpose-grown energy crops.
Brendan added: "We hope that other landowners, such as farmers, will sieze this opportunity by using some of their land to grow these crops".
"Grants are available from Defra to help establish short-rotation coppice crops and there is now considerable expertise available in the North East to advise farmers considering growing energy crops." The new station will make an important contribution to the Government's target to generate 10 per cent of the nation's electricity from renewable sources, and the development has been supported by both DTI and the New Opportunities Fund.
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