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[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]] | [[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]] | ||
{{BiomassPlant|NAME = Sherwood Biomass|id=68}} | {{BiomassPlant|NAME = Sherwood Biomass|id=68}} | ||
[[File:Widmerpool.jpg|400px|left|Sherwood Biomass Plant]] | [[File:Widmerpool.jpg|400px|left|Sherwood Biomass Plant]]__TOC__ | ||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
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In 2015 [[Veolia]] secured a 20 year contract worth £50 million from Equitex ESI CHP to operate the Sherwood Biomass facility. Under the contract [[Veolia]] will provide operation and maintenance on a 24/7 basis and will deliver monitoring, reporting and compliance services<ref name ="BIO" />. The agreement also covers water treatment, emission monitoring and ash disposal<ref name="BIO" />. [[Veolia]] have also secured a long term PPA with Engie UK<ref name="PIN" />. | In 2015 [[Veolia]] secured a 20 year contract worth £50 million from Equitex ESI CHP to operate the Sherwood Biomass facility. Under the contract [[Veolia]] will provide operation and maintenance on a 24/7 basis and will deliver monitoring, reporting and compliance services<ref name ="BIO" />. The agreement also covers water treatment, emission monitoring and ash disposal<ref name="BIO" />. [[Veolia]] have also secured a long term PPA with Engie UK<ref name="PIN" />. | ||
Pinnacle Power provided the | Pinnacle Power provided the management services for the entirety of the project on behalf of the funders, UK Green Investment Bank Plc (now Green Investment Group (GIG)) and Equitex ESI CHP (Nottingham) Ltd<ref name="PIN" />. | ||
==Plant== | ==Plant== | ||
The plant uses a traditional steam cycle for generating electricity through the combustion of life expired | The plant uses a traditional steam cycle for generating electricity through the combustion of life expired waste wood from local sources<ref name="BIO" />. | ||
The technology employs a moving floor which has a capacity of approximately 200m<sup>3</sup> and delivers fuel to the boiler at a rate of approximately 7 tonnes per hour<ref>[https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/DMS/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=13PhBmmNpa1k5Cg5h6YbnbBEZrq9ZvCMRGp%2BkN4MvJkNnOegeWs3Hg%3D%3D&rUzwRPf%2BZ3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw%3D%3D=pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ%2FLUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ%3D%3D&mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3D%3D=hFflUdN3100%3D&kCx1AnS9%2FpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3D%3D=hFflUdN3100%3D&uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2BAJvYtyA%3D%3D=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&FgPlIEJYlotS%2BYGoBi5olA%3D%3D=NHdURQburHA%3D&d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3D/ Planning Document]</ref>. | The technology employs a moving floor which has a capacity of approximately 200m<sup>3</sup> and delivers fuel to the boiler at a rate of approximately 7 tonnes per hour<ref>[https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/DMS/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=13PhBmmNpa1k5Cg5h6YbnbBEZrq9ZvCMRGp%2BkN4MvJkNnOegeWs3Hg%3D%3D&rUzwRPf%2BZ3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw%3D%3D=pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ%2FLUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ%3D%3D&mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3D%3D=hFflUdN3100%3D&kCx1AnS9%2FpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3D%3D=hFflUdN3100%3D&uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2BAJvYtyA%3D%3D=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&FgPlIEJYlotS%2BYGoBi5olA%3D%3D=NHdURQburHA%3D&d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3D/ Planning Document]</ref>. | ||