RE: Friday Round Up28 Jul 2023 16:38
OHS.
email below from S Parsons.
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Thanks for your email
our priority has been delivering BESS projects at our sites and unlocking tidal at scale. While we gathered a lot of information during the converting process an opportunity that will deliver short to medium-term benefits to our shareholders and business isn’t currently available. We remain able to respond quickly if a project or opportunity arises.
Worth flagging the Chairman's statement in our report, copied below which provides some more detail.
Thanks
Sean
Chairman statement:
New conversion opportunities
The Group continues to seek opportunities internationally to apply the expertise that it developed in the Uskmouth Power Station conversion project to other coal to waste-derived fuel pellet conversion projects. Our efforts remain focused in Eastern Europe where we see a number of potential opportunities given continued high gas prices, security of supply concerns, and the availability of waste
feedstocks.
We continue to be of the view that simply closing coal-fired power stations in many countries around the world is not an option, so conversions of existing coal-fired power plant to waste derived fuel pellets that bring down carbon emissions significantly, akin to those of a new gas-fired power station, and which in addition address the huge issue of plastic waste, are compelling. Our focus over the last 12 months has been on development activities at Uskmouth and MeyGen, but we will continue to seek to identify potential opportunities and will update shareholders accordingly.
CEO Statement:
Sustainable Fuel Conversions Business:
Finally, while we have cancelled the Uskmouth conversion, we still retain significant knowledge and experience and see the potential of global opportunities to utilise this learning, however this is not a priority for the business at this time, our clear focus is on BESS and Tidal development