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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
A [[Biomass Waste EFW]] facility based on 40,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] generating 3.4MWe to the grid<ref>[https://www.star-capital.com/news/star-capital-partners-funds-twinwoods-chp-project.html Star Capital Website]</ref>. The permitted capacity of the plant is 32,500 tonnes per annum and the permit was extended in 2018 to enable it to receive hazardous [[Wood | A [[Biomass Waste EFW]] facility based on 40,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] generating 3.4MWe to the grid<ref>[https://www.star-capital.com/news/star-capital-partners-funds-twinwoods-chp-project.html Star Capital Website]</ref>. The permitted capacity of the plant is 32,500 tonnes per annum and the permit was extended in 2018 to enable it to receive hazardous [[Wood Waste]]. | ||
The Twinwoods site was developed by [[Twinwoods Heat and Power Ltd]] (a company established to develop the project on from the original developer [[B&W Waste Management]]) and was originally a joint venture between [[Bioflame]] and [[Growing Beds]]. After raising capital from [[Star Capital]] is was completed in 2015 after originally starting in 2009<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/bedfordshire-waste-wood-biomass-project-restarted/ Letsrecycle Article]</ref>. It is located in Twinwoods Industrial Park in Bedfordshire. | The Twinwoods site was developed by [[Twinwoods Heat and Power Ltd]] (a company established to develop the project on from the original developer [[B&W Waste Management]]) and was originally a joint venture between [[Bioflame]] and [[Growing Beds]]. After raising capital from [[Star Capital]] is was completed in 2015 after originally starting in 2009<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/bedfordshire-waste-wood-biomass-project-restarted/ Letsrecycle Article]</ref>. It is located in Twinwoods Industrial Park in Bedfordshire. | ||
==Plant== | ==Plant== | ||
The project was originally based on equipment supply and delivery by [[Bioflame]], but after going into administration in 2011 it was taken up by [[Saxlund International]] who changed the arrangements, using their combustion grate technology<ref>[http://www.connectingindustry.com/EnergyManagement/twinwoods-heat-power-selects-saxlund-for-34mw-waste-wood-biomass-combustion-solution.aspx Connecting Industry Article]</ref> similar to the Falbygden Biomass plant in Sweden. The plant is [[WID]] complaint. | The project was originally based on equipment supply and delivery by [[Bioflame]], but after going into administration in 2011 it was taken up by [[Saxlund International]] who changed the arrangements, using their combustion grate technology<ref>[http://www.connectingindustry.com/EnergyManagement/twinwoods-heat-power-selects-saxlund-for-34mw-waste-wood-biomass-combustion-solution.aspx Connecting Industry Article]</ref> similar to the [[Falbygden Biomass plant]] in Sweden. The plant is [[WID]] complaint. | ||
== | ==Tonnage Input/Fuel== | ||
The | The tonnage received by the plant 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> was reported by [[Ofgem]] as follows: | ||
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! Biomass !! Tonnage (2018-19) | |||
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| [[Wood Waste]] || '''19,519''' | |||
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| Other || 0 | |||
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| Total||19,519 | |||
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The plant utilizes hazardous [[Wood Waste]] from the rail network and other commercial and industrial sources. 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 '''24,178''' tonnes. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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