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UK opens first large scale 30MW biomass power station

Posted: 14 Nov 2007, 23:31
by Aurora
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_ ... foId=16154
www.checkbiotech.org - 14/11/07

Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) has officially opened the UK's first large scale biomass power plant. The 30MW station is the first to produce renewable energy using naturally sustainable biomass without any input of fossil fuels.

Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, who oversees energy policy in the UK including sustainability and the environment, presided over the opening ceremony for the ?64 million (?90.7/$132.5 million) biomass power station located at the Wilton International manufacturing site in Teeside in the Northeast of England.

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