MGT Power proposes 300MW Tyne biomass plant
MGT Power is planning a second 300MW bioelectricity plant in the British Port of Tyne to accompany the current project under construction in nearby Teesport.
MGT details plans for the Tyne Renewable Energy Plant (TREP) to be located on industrial land 10 kms east of Newcastle city centre on the north bank of the River Tyne. The proposed plant would burn about 2.4 million tonnes of wood a year from certified-sustainable plants in North and South America and will produce electricity continuously.
No cost estimate has been provided for the Tyne plant, but MGT expects the nearby 300MW Tees plant to cost £500 million (€586 million)
Chris Moore, director of MGT, says, ‘Large-scale biomass projects can operate at baseload and each scheme will produce in one year as much green electricity as the largest 1,000MW wind farm project. Each biomass project will also save 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 from being emitted every year.’
MGT has initially outlined the details of the project in a scoping document circulated to a large number of local and national organisations including North Tyneside Council, the Environment Agency and the Department for Energy and Climate Change.
The document outlines the rationale for the project, the energy and planning policy framework and the technical studies and consultations that MGT Power will undertake as part of the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Subject to planning approval, MGT hopes to have the plant operating commercially by 2014.
MGT details plans for the Tyne Renewable Energy Plant (TREP) to be located on industrial land 10 kms east of Newcastle city centre on the north bank of the River Tyne. The proposed plant would burn about 2.4 million tonnes of wood a year from certified-sustainable plants in North and South America and will produce electricity continuously.
No cost estimate has been provided for the Tyne plant, but MGT expects the nearby 300MW Tees plant to cost £500 million (€586 million)
Chris Moore, director of MGT, says, ‘Large-scale biomass projects can operate at baseload and each scheme will produce in one year as much green electricity as the largest 1,000MW wind farm project. Each biomass project will also save 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 from being emitted every year.’
MGT has initially outlined the details of the project in a scoping document circulated to a large number of local and national organisations including North Tyneside Council, the Environment Agency and the Department for Energy and Climate Change.
The document outlines the rationale for the project, the energy and planning policy framework and the technical studies and consultations that MGT Power will undertake as part of the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Subject to planning approval, MGT hopes to have the plant operating commercially by 2014.
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