New energy plant at James Cropper plc

摘要

James Cropper plc, has announced that after a competitive tender process it has been selected to receive a ￡3.15M Regional Growth Fund grant to support an innovative energy plant at Burneside. This will underpin a ￡7M investment in the development of a steam raising plant that will significantly reduce energy costs, C02 emissions, and rising environmental taxes. The plant will consume a mixture of solid recovered fuel (SRF) produced by Shanks from Cumbrian municipal waste, and the company's own paper-making effluent residues. SRF, which is approximately 50% biomass in content, is currently underutilised owing to lack of appropriate proven technology -a gap which the project intends to fill.