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SSE purchase to take full control of Seagreen Wind Energy


Redcar Bulk Terminal and PMAC Energy plan £250 million waste-to-energy plant creating 400 local jobs


Plans have been unveiled for a £250 million waste-to-energy plant at Redcar Bulk Terminal (RBT) to help power the economic regeneration of South Tees. Yorkshire-based waste management company PMAC Energy has secured 25 acres of the terminal’s land for the development, which could create up to 400 local jobs at the heart of the South Tees Development Corporation site. Subject to permitting and planning approvals, the plant could be producing waste derived fuels in 2021 and generating enough electricity to power 56,000 homes. The PMAC Energy facility will be a plant purpose-designed for the treatment and


recovery of municipal and commercial waste by creating fuel from the waste for the renewable energy sector, utilising waste as a resource for the production of both heat and power. The company says it will be ‘using tried-and-tested technologies and economies of scale which are safe and fully achievable in the local North East area, both creating a sustainable outlet for the huge amounts of waste in the area and the UK and creating many jobs in the local area that are suited to the skills of the local workforce’. PMAC Energy plans to burn 350,000 tonnes of refuse derived fuels on-site,


producing 37MW (enough to power 56,000 homes) of electricity and any waste heat will be used in the fuel manufacturing plant. Thanks to nearby ‘excellent port facilities’, PMAC Energy has plans to manufacture


waste derived fuels for not only the on-site energy from waste facility but also for the UK and European export markets. Unlike many other energy projects across the UK, the PMAC Energy plant will be


completely free from Government subsidies and financial support with all income generated purely from waste gate fees and the sale of electricity. Following commissioning the plant would operate as a 100% commercial entity. Rob Lewis, PMAC Energy Managing Director, told UKPN: “This is an incredible


opportunity to deliver a major economic boost to the South Tees area and capitalise on the great strengths and capabilities of Redcar Bulk Terminal. “RBT’s superb port facilities and road and rail links make this the perfect location for


this plant. Not only does it give us the logistical advantages of being on the River Tees, the area also provides us with the workforce we’d need to manage the volume of waste coming into the plant and the quantity of fuel being created.” He explains: “Working in partnership with RBT – on a 25-year lease – the PMAC


Energy facility has a programme of recovering and treating municipal and commercial waste to create fuel for the renewable energy sector, capable of providing both heat and power. Generated fuels would not only power the on-site waste-to-energy plant but also be available and sold into the export market.” Redcar MP Anna Turley said: “This is another big investment project in our area


which builds on our existing strengths in energy generation and waste management, and crucially creates new skilled jobs for people in our area. “I was pleased to visit RBT recently to see how the business is growing year on year


and this latest project is another boost for their growth ambitions. I look forward to working with RBT and PMAC as this project develops, especially to ensure local people can benefit from as many of the new jobs as possible.” Robert Lewis Managing Director of PMAC Environmental has worked in the Waste


Management industry since 1998, culminating in the creation of PMAC Environmental in 2012. Founded in 2012 by Robert Lewis, PMAC Environmental is now the largest privately-owned supplier of waste derived fuels to Finland – a country which currently uses all of its own waste for energy production in CHP facilities.


SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2018 UK POwER NEwS


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SSE announced last month that it will be purchasing the remaining 50% stake in Seagreen Wind Energy. The company already owns the other the joint venture and will


purchase Fluor’s share of the project for a single payment of £118 million. Established to develop offshore wind


projects in the Firth of Forth Zone – which meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south - Seagreen Wind Energy is a premier renewable energy development in the region. Seagreen Phase 1 consists of the Alpha and Bravo projects and is targetting up to 1.5GW of capacity,


This development


is being


prepared to bid in the upcoming Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, expected to take place in May 2019. “The Seagreen acquisition


aligns with SSE’s ambition to create value from owning, operating and developing clean energy assets and infrastruc- ture,” SSE’s Wholesale Director, Martin Pibworth, comments. The acquisition of Seagreen


Wind Energy effectively takes SSE’s total offshore wind portfolio to around 4GW.


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