UK government approves new waste-to-energy plant

11 August 2009

A new 95MW power plant turning waste into heat electricity has been approved by the UK government.

The plant, set to be built at Ince in Cheshire, will be capable of 600,000 tonnes of waste each year and will power a new Resource Recovery Park, with excess electricity exported to the National Grid.

Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Hunt said, ‘We need to increase our use of renewable energy and to find solutions to the UK’s waste problem. This power plant will convert over half a million tonnes of waste each year into energy. The Inspector recommended the power plant be granted consent after a thorough public inquiry. I am satisfied that the mitigation measures to be put in place will protect the amenity of local villages.’

The separate planning permission for the Resource Recovery Park was also given today by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, John Denham.

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Tags: biomass, waste-to-energy

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2 Responses to “UK government approves new waste-to-energy plant”

1. Prof. Mikhail Boutoussov says:

   12 August 2009 at 11:13 am

   Finally England joins the club of “wheel inventors”, after having been ignorant to environmental issues for so may years. Question to Lord Hunt: “What are you are going to do with thousands tons of toxic ash?”.
   Thank you
2. Peter Aseokhai says:

   25 September 2009 at 3:43 pm

   This is a unique inventor. How I wish this could be extended to Africa

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