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Kedco Shares Up As It Chooses Contractor For Enfield Biomass Plant
Thu, 10th Oct 2013 10:39 LONDON (Alliance News) – Kedco PLC Thursday said it has chosen a preferred contractor to build its Enfield Biomass plant and a preferred partner to buy the electricity the plant will produce, while its Pluckanes wind turbine project had started exporting electricity to the grid. The renewable energy developer said it has chosen MWH Global Inc as preferred construction contractor on the 12 megawatt Enfield plant while Statkraft Markets GmBH is its preferred partner for the purchase of all the electricity generated by the plant. It said is continuing to work with “a large multinational, located close to the Enfield Project,” wghich will buy all of the heat generated by the project. Kedco added that it is continuing to work with the Foresight Group on financing for the project and due diligence has commenced. It hopes to reach financial close during the fourth quarter and start construction immediately afterwards. The company’s 800 kilowatt Pluckanes windfarm has been energised and is now exporting to the national grid, it said in a statement. Elsewhere, it said it has taken longer-than-expected to get agreement on a site for a biomass plant in Plymouth, but expects a deal shortly. Kedco shares were up 7.1% at 0.525 pence Thursday morning. By Steve McGrath; stevemcgrath@alliancenews.com; @stevemcgrath1 Continue reading
Doosan Cements Partnership To Build France’s Largest Biomass Plant
04/10/2013 By Diarmaid Williams International Digital Editor Doosan Power Systems and French industrial maintenance specialist Groupe ADF have formed an 18-month partnership following the recent award of the major biomass conversion and turbine upgrade project at E.ON’s coal-fired Provence power plant in Gardanne, France . Doosan will provide the technology and project leadership while ADF, as principal subcontractor to Doosan, will be responsible for the assembly of all new equipment at the site. The partnership follows more than 12 months’ successful collaboration during the Gardanne FEED (Front End Engineering & Design) study. ADF is a specialist in the maintenance of power generation sites across France and Benelux, and are well placed to provide Doosan with access to the local skills and expertise that will enable completion of the project. Gardanne will be France’s largest biomass-fired power plant to date as part of the E.ON Group’s “cleaner & better energy” strategy. Generating electricity from the combustion of wood, it will provide 150 MW and reduce the CO 2 balance by 600,000 tons per year while helping structure and develop the region’s wood-energy industry. The plant is expected to commence operations in 2015. To meet this demanding schedule, the project will employ an average of 200 people over 18 months. Continue reading
Stobart Biomass Announces Wales Waste Wood Deal
30 September 2013 Wood By Michael Holder Stobart Biomass has signed a 15-year feedstock contract for the 14.7MW Western Bioenergy Limited biomass facility in South Wales, which will see a ‘significant’ increase in the amount of waste wood processed at the plant. Around 150,000 tonnes of virgin and waste feedstock will be provided by Stobart under the contract, which will last for the lifetime of the facility and eventually see it accept around 55% grade A waste wood. According to Stobart, the contract initially requires a mix of 80% virgin wood and 20% grade A recycled wood, moving to 57% and 43% respectively following planned upgrades to the plant, which are due to begin in summer 2014. The biomass fuel company, a subsidiary of Stobart Group, will supply around 50% of the feedstock itself and manage and process the remainder, which will be supplied by an unnamed third party. At present, Western Bionergy gives the Forestry Commission as the largest single supplier to the plant. Furthermore, Stobart Group’s estates division has invested £800,000 to take a ‘small’ stake in the the Port Talbot plant, which has just been acquired by Green Investment Bank (GIB)’s fund, Greensphere Capital LLP. Andrew Tinkler, Stobart Group chief executive officer, said: “This is the first biomass supply contract with Greensphere under our Master Framework Agreement and represents another step in the development of our partnership in this growing market. We are pleased to have been able to make an investment in the project, which we expect to result in attractive returns for the Group.” Productive Operational since 2008, the £33 million Western Bioenergy Limited plant produces enough electricity to power 28,000 homes and was described as the first commercial-scale power station of its kind in Wales. Greensphere announced today (September 30) the plant upgrade is being part-financed by an £11 million investment provided by the Greensphere-managed UK Green and Sustainable Waste and Energy Investment Limited Partnership (UKGSWEI) fund. The GIB said the overall amount invested in the plant was commercially sensitive, but co-investment has also been provided by Signia Wealth Management as well as Stobart. Shaun Kingsbury, chief executive, UK Green Investment Bank, said: “This investment will secure the long-term future of an important Welsh renewable energy plant and will improve its efficiency and sustainability. “The Greensphere fund was set up, in part, to help support the UK’s waste wood biomass sector and its first acquisition of an operational asset is an important step.” The plant was purchased by Greensphere from a consortium of South Wales timber company Western Log Group and renewable energy investment firm Good Energies, operating as Western Bioenergy. Related links: Stobart Group Greensphere Capital LLP Divya Seshamani, managing partner, Greensphere Capital LLP, added: “We see the Port Talbot plant as a cornerstone of the waste-wood-to-energy platform we are building in this sector.” Greensphere was set up in 2012 with an initial fund of £30 million to invest in energy-from-waste projects, namely anaerobic digestion (AD) and waste wood biomass developments (see letsrecycle.com story). The Port Talbot biomass plant is the fund’s second investment. Continue reading
