RE: Annual Report23 Dec 2016 07:38
By choosing the right location, the right technology and the right processing, energy from waste can help to deliver much needed long-term affordable, low carbon and secure energy.
The EGT can operate economically over a wider range of scales and is therefore potentially more flexible and has the potential to generate much greater efficiencies through a range of outputs.
The UK faces a potential energy gap, with the margin of supply over demand expected to diminish to very-thin levels from 2015 onwards. The scheduled closure of old nuclear facilities has not been matched by the construction of replacement new-build nuclear sites and/or other power station facilities.
REACT and EBIOSS Energy have entered into mutually beneficial business arrangements over the last year with the objective of working closer together to avail of opportunities initially in the UK EfW market.
As noted above, NBL entered into an agreement with EBIOSS Energy to purchase its EGT, with a power output of 4MW, which NBL will use in the repowering of the Newry biomass plant. The equipment has been delivered and is currently on site in Newry.
Once financial close on the repowering of the Newry biomass plant is achieved, the Company expects that the plant will be able to again export electricity to the grid within 15 months (i.e. pre 31 March 2018).
NBL applied and received confirmation from Ofgem that they have granted an extension to 31 March 2018 for the RO registration of the Newry biomass plant, at which point the plant will need to have been repowered and commissioned, which the Company intends it will have been.
The Company announced on 11 October 2016 that it has signed conditional heads of agreement with several parties to potentially fund, through a combination of equity and debt, the repowering of the plant. The heads of agreement envisage a total investment of up to £11.2 million to be made both directly, and indirectly through REACT, into NBL.
Clay Cross Biomass anticipates utilising the EGT, the same technology that the Company is installing at Newry Biomass, to power the plant as part of the EPC contract for the construction of the Clay Cross Facility. Once commissioned, the Clay Cross Facility is expected to convert approximately 80,000 tonnes per annum of construction and demolition (C&D) waste wood, which is currently sent to landfill, to generate up to 12MW of electrical energy, sufficient to provide electricity for over 18,000 homes, and up to 14MW of thermal energy per annum.
The Company is currently in preliminary discussions to secure finance for the construction of the Clay Cross Facility and estimates that it will take approximately 18 months from obtaining finance to the final commissioning of the plant. The expected cost to develop the Clay Cross Facility is approximately £50 million.
Only snippets as no time but read it all lots of info.
Newry imminent with Clay Cross to follow.
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