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[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]] | [[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]] | ||
{{BiomassPlant|NAME=Kent Renewable Energy Plant|id=45}} | {{BiomassPlant|NAME=Kent Renewable Energy Plant|id=45}} | ||
[[File:Kent Renewable Energy Plant .jpg|400px|left|Kent Renewable Energy Plant. Bioenergy International, 2018]] | [[File:Kent Renewable Energy Plant .jpg|400px|left|Kent Renewable Energy Plant. Bioenergy International, 2018]]__TOC__ | ||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
A [[Combined Heat and Power]] (CHP) [[Biomass EfW]] facility based on consuming 240,000 tonnes per annum of | A [[Combined Heat and Power]] (CHP) [[Biomass EfW]] facility based on consuming up to 240,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] and other [[Biomass]] as a feedstock to produce 27 MW of power. This facility supplies heat (in the form of steam) and electricity to the nearby Discovery Park, one of Europe’s leading Science and Technology parks near Sandwich in Kent. The excess power is exported to the national grid<ref name="ref1" >Kent Renewable Energy Ltd, 2020. [https://www.kentrenewableltd.com/kent-renewable-energy-biomass-plant/ Kent Renewable Energy Biomass Plant – Kent Renewable Energy Ltd. Online. Kentrenewableltd.com. [Accessed 15 April 2020].</ref>. | ||
The | The fuel is sourced locally by [[Euroforest Ltd]], a provider of harvesting and marketing services to the UK forestry industry, who supplies low grade wood for the facility from woodland management practices in the south east of the UK<ref name="ref1" />. | ||
Kent Renewable Energy Plant became operational in 2018 after beginning a 25 month construction period in the summer of 2016<ref name="ref1" />. | Kent Renewable Energy Plant became operational in 2018 after beginning a 25 month construction period in the summer of 2016<ref name="ref1" />. | ||
==Plant== | ==Plant== | ||
This facility is operated by Burmeister Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC), who also provided turnkey EPC services for the project<ref name="ref1" />. | This facility is operated by [[Burmeister Wain Scandinavian Contractor]] (BWSC), who also provided turnkey [[EPC]] services for the project<ref name="ref1" />. | ||
Kent Renewable Energy Plant received an investment of approximately £150m of equity from its majority-owner Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) in order to develop the facility<ref>Bioenergy International, 2018. [https://bioenergyinternational.com/heat-power/kent-renewable-energy-plant-commences-operations Kent Renewable Energy Plant Commences Operations | Bioenergy International. Online. Bioenergy International.[Accessed 15 April 2020].]</ref>. | Kent Renewable Energy Plant received an investment of approximately £150m of equity from its majority-owner [[Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners]] (CIP) in order to develop the facility<ref>Bioenergy International, 2018. [https://bioenergyinternational.com/heat-power/kent-renewable-energy-plant-commences-operations Kent Renewable Energy Plant Commences Operations | Bioenergy International. Online. Bioenergy International.[Accessed 15 April 2020].]</ref>. | ||
== | ==Tonnage Input/Fuel== | ||
The tonnage received by the plant is a mixture of [[Biomass]] and in the most recent [[Annual Sustainability Report]] for 2018-19<ref>[https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2018-19 Biomass Sustainability Dataset 2018-19]</ref> [[Ofgem]] reported the following fuel received ([[Wood Waste]] representing 13% of input): | |||
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! Biomass !! Tonnage (2018-19) | |||
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| [[Wood Waste]] || '''22,067''' | |||
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| Sawmill Residues || 12,998 | |||
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| Virgin Wood (chip) || 7,680 | |||
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| Virgin Wood (logs)|| 124,523 | |||
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| Total||167,268 | |||
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The [[Wood Waste]] tonnage received cannot be directly compared with the stated historical tonnage received and recorded in the [[EA]] statistics as these are recorded on a calendar year basis (i.e. January 2018 to December 2018) and was '''15,773''' tonnes. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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