Port of Tyne and Drax Power sign ten-year biomass deal
UK ports are changing green at an alarmingly fast rate. The Ports of Tyne, Teesside, Talbot, Grangemouth and Tilbury are experiencing biomass and biofuel projects taking place on their shores.
Most recently on 25 November the Port of Tyne and green power station operator Drax Power signed an agreement to invest £16 million (€17.6 million) in handling and covered storage facilities for between 0.5 million and 1.4 million tonnes of biomass a year for a decade.
The sustainable biomass will be used at the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire. The Port of Tyne will be responsible for the unloading of vessels containing up to 75,000 tonnes of biomass, transfer to storage facilities and subsequent reloading to train for dispatch, all of which will occur on the south bank at the port’s operations in South Shields.
‘Strategically, this development represents another major long term investment for the Port of Tyne that will take full advantage of our excellent deep water berths and facilities, infrastructure and manpower,’ Andrew Moffat, the Port of Tyne’s CEO, comments.
Investment associated with this project will start immediately, with commissioning of the facility and cargo handling targeted to commence in 2010.
Drax Power Station provides approximately 7% of the electricity in the UK and from mid 2010 is set to produce 12.5% of its output from renewable biomass. Drax started its working relationship with the Port of Tyne in 2004 with a contract for handling coal. Since then 95 vessels with a total volume of 3 million tonnes have been handled by the port.
Biomass to power operator MGT Power also has plans for two 295 megawatt (MW) wood-fuelled power stations at Teesport and Tyne respectfully.
Ethanol producer Ensus has built a £300 million wheat-based bioethanol plant at Teesside and in near-by Billingham Gaia Power has won planning permission for a £200 million recycled wood burning 50MW power station.
Most recently on 25 November the Port of Tyne and green power station operator Drax Power signed an agreement to invest £16 million (€17.6 million) in handling and covered storage facilities for between 0.5 million and 1.4 million tonnes of biomass a year for a decade.
The sustainable biomass will be used at the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire. The Port of Tyne will be responsible for the unloading of vessels containing up to 75,000 tonnes of biomass, transfer to storage facilities and subsequent reloading to train for dispatch, all of which will occur on the south bank at the port’s operations in South Shields.
‘Strategically, this development represents another major long term investment for the Port of Tyne that will take full advantage of our excellent deep water berths and facilities, infrastructure and manpower,’ Andrew Moffat, the Port of Tyne’s CEO, comments.
Investment associated with this project will start immediately, with commissioning of the facility and cargo handling targeted to commence in 2010.
Drax Power Station provides approximately 7% of the electricity in the UK and from mid 2010 is set to produce 12.5% of its output from renewable biomass. Drax started its working relationship with the Port of Tyne in 2004 with a contract for handling coal. Since then 95 vessels with a total volume of 3 million tonnes have been handled by the port.
Biomass to power operator MGT Power also has plans for two 295 megawatt (MW) wood-fuelled power stations at Teesport and Tyne respectfully.
Ethanol producer Ensus has built a £300 million wheat-based bioethanol plant at Teesside and in near-by Billingham Gaia Power has won planning permission for a £200 million recycled wood burning 50MW power station.
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