Tansterne
Summary
A Biomass Waste EFW facility located in Tansterne near Hullwhich is based on c.150,000 tonnes per annum of waste wood generating 22MW of electricity to the grid[1].
It was funded and developed by Irish renerwable energy company Solar 21 in partnership with HRS Energy Ltd[2]. The plant became fully operational in Februaury 2018.
The project is thought to have cost £35m[3]
Plant
The biomass power plant uses combustion, heat recovery and power module technology developed by HRS subsidiary HRS Energy Ltd which was manufactured in Hull by project partner CF Struthers[3]
In September 2019 the O&M contractor HRS Energy Tansterne Ltd (HRSET) went into administration. HRSET had originally held the O&M contract until it expired on 01/09/73. The plant is now owner-operated by GIB-Bio Ltd which is a subsidiary of Solar 21, the owners of the facility.