Markinch Biomass CHP Plant: Difference between revisions

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[[Category: Biomass EfW Plants]]

==Summary==

A Biomass Cogeneration Combined Heat and Power (CHP) EFW facility based on c.450,000 tonnes per annum of biomass fuel of which approximately 90% is recovered waste wood and the remainder virgin wood sourced from sustainably manged forests<ref name="RWE">[https://www.group.rwe/en/our-portfolio/our-sites/markinch-chp-biomass-plant/ RWE]</ref>.

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The Marchinch plant forms part of the Glenrothes Energy Network project and is working in partnership with [[Fife Council]] to install heat to a district heating network for Glenrothes through a newly constructed Energy Centre <ref>https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publication.html?task=file.download&id=6359</ref> <ref>https://www.rwe.com/web/cms/mediablob/en/3921924/data/429434/1/rwe-generation-se/fuels/location-overview/uk/markinch-chp-biomass-plant/Energy-Centre-Glenrothes-Energy-Network.pdf</ref>.

The plant has arranged waste wood (including chipboard and MDF) suppply agreements with [[Fife Council]], DJ Laing, [[Stobart Biomass]] and [[Suez]] who are the biggest single supplier, providing 200,000 tonnes of waste wood to the plant every year<ref name="BIO">[https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Markinch-biomass-briefing3.pdf/ Bio Fuel Watch]</ref>. [[Suez]] has three wood processing facilities for this purpose - Binn Farm in Perthshire, Ellington in Northumberland and Clifton Marshes near Preston<ref name="BIO" />.

The owner and operator of the facility is RWE npower renewable, a susbsidiary of RWE Innogy's UK. The plant became operational at the end of 2012<ref name="POW">[https://www.power-technology.com/projects/markinchbiomassplant/ Power Technology]</ref>. The plant replaces the existing coal-fired plant at the paper mill site and required an investment of approximately £200m<ref name="POW" />. RWE, the owner and operator officially took over the site in November 2010<ref name="POW" />.

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 [[Category: Biomass EfW Plants]]
 {{BiomassPlant|NAME=Markinch Biomass CHP Plant|id=56}}
 ==Summary==
 A Biomass Cogeneration Combined Heat and Power (CHP) EFW facility based on c.450,000 tonnes per annum of biomass fuel of which approximately 90% is recovered waste wood and the remainder virgin wood sourced from sustainably manged forests<ref name="RWE">[https://www.group.rwe/en/our-portfolio/our-sites/markinch-chp-biomass-plant/ RWE]</ref>.
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 The Marchinch plant forms part of the Glenrothes Energy Network project and is working in partnership with [[Fife Council]] to install heat to a district heating network for Glenrothes through a newly constructed Energy Centre <ref>https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publication.html?task=file.download&id=6359</ref> <ref>https://www.rwe.com/web/cms/mediablob/en/3921924/data/429434/1/rwe-generation-se/fuels/location-overview/uk/markinch-chp-biomass-plant/Energy-Centre-Glenrothes-Energy-Network.pdf</ref>.
+The plant has arranged waste wood (including chipboard and MDF) suppply agreements with [[Fife Council]], DJ Laing, [[Stobart Biomass]] and [[Suez]] who are the biggest single supplier, providing 200,000 tonnes of waste wood to the plant every year<ref name="BIO">[https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Markinch-biomass-briefing3.pdf/ Bio Fuel Watch]</ref>. [[Suez]] has three wood processing facilities for this purpose - Binn Farm in Perthshire, Ellington in Northumberland and Clifton Marshes near Preston<ref name="BIO" />.
 The owner and operator of the facility is RWE npower renewable, a susbsidiary of RWE Innogy's UK. The plant became operational at the end of 2012<ref name="POW">[https://www.power-technology.com/projects/markinchbiomassplant/ Power Technology]</ref>. The plant replaces the existing coal-fired plant at the paper mill site and required an investment of approximately £200m<ref name="POW" />. RWE, the owner and operator officially took over the site in November 2010<ref name="POW" />.