Cheshire biomass plant operational,largest of its kind

摘要

An independent power producer specialising in energy-from-waste and biomass,Bioenergy Infrastructure Group(BIG),is announcing that one of its largest assets in the UK,Ince Bio Power,has become fully operational after successfully completing its testing phase.The BIG-owned facility,which is located near Ellesmere Port in Ince,Cheshire,is the largest plant of its kind operating in the UK.It uses advanced thermal treatment(ATT)technology,also known as gasification,which is an alternative to incineration that turns waste into a combustible gas by heating it in a virtually oxygen-free environment.Energy Works Hull in East Yorkshire and Levenseat in Lanarkshire,which also are owned by BIG,employ the same ATT technology.Ince Bio Power,which will open officially this summer,uses waste wood to generate low carbon energy.Each year,it will process up to 170,000 tonnes of waste wood,converting this fuel into 21.5 MW of electricity,enough to power over 40,000 homes.The plant will deliver a net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions worth around 65,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum,the equivalent of taking more than 40,000 cars off the road.