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 The UK�s Largest ever renewables Project gets go-ahead |
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Submitted: 21 November 2007 |
| The Last night, John Hutton announced that Prenergy�s 350MW Biomass Project had been given consent. |
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The project will be built at Port Talbot, and will be fuelled by sustainably grown wood, certified to the highest international standards.
�At 350 MW, this project is larger than all our existing biomass plant put together,� said Gaynor Hartnell, Deputy Director of the Renewable Energy Association. �It will produce as much renewable electricity as the largest offshore wind farm. We need a dramatic expansion of renewable energy at all scales, in the move to a more sustainable energy future.�
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| Matthew Carse of Prenergy Power said: �This is a groundbreaking step, not only for Port Talbot but for environmentally friendly power generation in the UK as a whole. Using wood chip from independently certified sustainable forestry, which ensure harvested trees are replanted, means that generation is carbon neutral and sustainable. Port Talbot�s deepwater facilities mean that fuel can be brought to the plant cleanly and easily. It�s an ideal location.� |
| Please see the full REA press release below. |
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| REA Press Release Port Talbot |
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071121PortTalbot.pdf
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