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1. STEVEN’S CROFT 5. DRAX POWER STATION  Lockerbie, Scotland  Yorkshire Developer: E.ON UK Developer: Drax Power Limited Type: 44 MW dedicated biomass Type: Co-firing with coal power station Crop: SRC and miscanthus BIOENERGY CONTRACTS Status: Under construction, Fuel contractor: Renewable Energy generating electricity from the end Growers/Bical (BiSel)/Coppice Producing crops for energy markets, whether it’s bio- diesel, bioethanol or power generation, promises to of 2007 Resources provide useful markets in the future. Kevin Lindegaa rd compiled a list of current and potential projects Crop: SRC Energy crops required: n/a ha of SRC, Fuel contractor: Renewable Fuels Ltd 7000ha+ of Miscanthus Energy crops required: 4000ha of Total planted in 2006: SRC: 100ha SRC in last two years (1500ha in total). OTHER PROJECTS Total planted in 2006: 200ha Miscanthus: n/a WISSINGTON More information: More information:  King’s Lynn, Norfolk www.renewablefuels.co.uk www.energycrop.co.uk www.bical.net Developers: BP/DuPont/Associated www.coppiceresources.com British Food 2. DIDCOT POWER STATION Type: proposed biobutanol  Oxfordshire 6. ECCLESHALL BIOMASS (a higher-energy version of Developer: RWE POWER STATION bioethanol) plant Type: Co-firing with coal  Staffordshire Status: Will be built by harvest Crop: SRC and miscanthus Developer: Bical 2008 if ethanol-from-sugar beet Aberdeen Fuel contractor: ESD Biomass, Bical Type: 2.2 MW dedicated biomass project at Wissington proves (BiCep) power station and co-firing successful. Energy crops required: Possibly Project status: n/a Crop: Wheat S COT LA ND 3-4000ha of SRC, 6000ha of Crop: Miscanthus Fuel contractor: Frontier miscanthus Fuel contractor: Bical (BiEcc) Energy crops required: Possibly Dundee Total planted in 2006: 45ha of SRC Energy crops required: 1500ha+ of up to 1m tonnes a year (85 in total). Miscanthus n/a Miscanthus More information More information: Total planted in 2006: n/a www.frontierag.co.uk 11 www.esdbiomass.co.uk More information: www.bical.net Glasgow www.bical.net UK Edinburgh 7. SRC CHALLENGE Developer: Abengoa NOR T HERN 3. COTTAM POWER STATION  Northern Ireland (Europe’s largest bioethanol IR EL AND  Nottinghamshire Developer: Forest Service Northern producer, based in Spain) Developer: EDF Energy Ireland Type: Proposed bioethanol Type: Co-firing with coal (plus other Type: Small heat and electricity production plant 1 Newcastle small-scale heat projects) projects Crop: Wheat Crop: SRC and miscanthus Crop: SRC Status: Abengoa offered fixed- Fuel contractor: Koolfuel, Biojoule, Fuel contractor: Rural Generation price contracts for 50,000t of UK 7 Belfast Bical (Bied) Energy crops required: 900ha of SRC grain earlier this year to supply its Middlesbrough 4 Energy crops required: Depends Total planted by 2006: 600ha new factory in NW Spain. Longer- on contractor - 4000ha for Biojoule, More information: www.forestservice term it plans to build a plant in the 4000ha miscanthus ni.gov.uk www.ruralgeneration.com UK to cut grain haulage costs Total planted in 2006: 25ha (250ha Fuel contractor/energy crops in total) for Koolfuel, 180ha for 8. SLOUGH HEAT required/more info: Tba Hull Biojoule AND POWER 5 More information:  Berkshire IMMINGHAM Manchester 15 www.koolfuel.co.uk Developer: Slough Heat and Power  Humberside Liverpool www.biojoule.co.uk Type: 40 MW dedicated biomass Developer: Green Spirit Fuels I REL AND 3 power station Type: Proposed bioethanol plant 4. WILTON 10 Crop: SRC Crop: Wheat  Middlesbrough EN GL AND Fuel contractor: TV Bioenergy Status: Applying for planning Norwich Developer: Sembcorp Utilities Coppice permission for site that is 6 13 Type: 30 MW dedicated biomass Energy crops required: 1000ha of expected to be running by 2010. Birmingham power station SRC Energy crops required: 600,000- Status: Halfway through Total planted in 2006: 55ha (110ha 700,000t of wheat 16 18 construction. Generating electricity in total) More info: WA LE S from 2007. More information: www.tvbioenergy- www.greenspiritfuels.com Crop: SRC coppice.co.uk 17 Fuel contractor: Greenergy (via IMMINGHAM Coppice Resources, Renewable  Humberside Cardiff 2 London 9. CHARLTON ENERGY Bristol Energy from Agriculture, Renewable  Frome, Somerset Developer: Bioethanol Ltd 8 Energy Growers) 12 Developer: Charlton Energy Type: Proposed bioethanol plant 9 10 Dover Energy crops required: 3000ha of Type: 7 MW dedicated biomass Crop: Wheat SRC power station Status: Construction due to begin 14 Southampton Total planted in 2006: 80ha (130ha Status: Granted planning permission. this winter; factory operational by Portsmouth in total) Hoping the plant will be generating 2008 More information: within 15 months Fuel contractor: Centaur Grain www.coppiceresources.com Crop: Miscanthus (possibly SRC) Energy crops required: 325,000t Plymouth www.greenergy.com www.refa.org.uk Fuel contractor: Bical (BiCep) of wheat www.energycrop.co.uk Energy crops required: 20% from More info: www.centaurgrain.com energy crops - about 1200ha, mostly

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miscanthus wheat a year Total planted in 2006: 150ha so far More information: More information: www.bical.net www.greenspiritfuels.com www.wessexgrain.co.uk BIOENERGY CONTRACTS 10. ROVES ENERGY  Frome, Somerset 15. IMMINGHAM Producing crops for energy markets, whether it’s bio- diesel, bioethanol or power generation, promises to Developer: Roves Energy  Kingston upon Hull Type: 2 MW dedicated biomass Developer: Greenergy (with Cargill provide useful markets in the future. Kevin Lindegaa rd compiled a list of current and potential projects combined heat and power station and ) Status: Applying for planning in 2006 Project type: Oilseed rape for Crop: SRC biodiesel Fuel contractor: ESD Biomass Project status: Under construction. Energy crops required: 5000ha Production of biodiesel from end Total planted in 2006: 20ha (55ha 2006. in total) Crop: Oilseed rape More information: Fuel contractor: Field to Forecourt www.esdbiomass.co.uk (available from Frontier, Grainfarmers, REFA, G Williams and Co (Grain), J 11. SCOTTISH COAL Dawson and Sons) Developer: Scottish Coal Energy crops required: 160,000t of Aberdeen Type: Proposed dedicated biomass oilseed rape a year plant in Tullis Russell in Glenrothes. More information: Also co-firing. www.greenergy.com S COT LA ND Status: Planning permission granted and grid connection in place. 16. WEST MIDLANDS Crop: SRC Developer: John Amos and Co. Dundee Fuel contractor: Scottish Biofuel Type: Small heat and electricity Energy crops required: 22,000ha of projects 11 SRC for Tullis Russell and 4000ha for Status: Offering contracts to farmers co-firing. for various projects, Glasgow Edinburgh Total planted in 2006: 110ha plus Crop: Miscanthus NOR T HERN 40ha in 2005 Fuel contractor: John Amos and Co. IR EL AND More information: Energy crops required: 2500ha www.scottishcoal.co.uk/sbf miscanthus Total planted in 2006: 150ha (taking 1 12. ABERTHAW total to 300ha) Newcastle  Barry, W Glamorgan More information: Developer: RWE Npower www.johnamos.co.uk Belfast Type: Co-firing 7 Middlesbrough Crop: SRC and miscanthus 17. BLUESTONE PROJECT 4 Fuel contractor: none as yet  South Wales Energy crops required: Could be Project developer: Pembrokeshire huge, but depends on Welsh Energy Bioenergy Crops Scheme Project type: Heating fuel for 400 Hull Total planted in 2006: None log cabins in a holiday complex and 5 More information: www.npower- other projects Manchester 15 renewables.com Crop: Miscanthus Liverpool Fuel contractor: Pembrokeshire I REL AND 13. WISSINGTON Bioenergy 3  near King’s Lynn, Norfolk Energy crops required: Depends if Developer: British Sugar Wales gets an energy crops scheme. EN GL AND Type: Sugar beet for bioethanol Total planted by 2006: 100ha Norwich Status: Currently building plant. More information: 6 13 Production of bioethanol from 2007 [email protected] Birmingham Crop: Sugar beet 16 18 Fuel contractor: British Sugar 18. ELY POWER STATION Energy crops required: 55,000t of  Cambridgeshire WA LE S sugar beet a year Developer: Energy Power Resources 17 More information: www.britishbioeth Project type: 38 MW dedicated straw anol.co.uk burning power station Cardiff 2 London Crop: Wheat (some miscanthus) Bristol 8 14. HENSTRIDGE Fuel contractor: Anglian Straw (ADAS 12  Somerset are sub contractors for miscanthus) 9 10 Dover Developer: Green Spirit Fuels Energy crops required: 200,000t Southampton Type: Wheat for bioethanol of straw including 300-500ha of 14 Portsmouth Project status: About to start miscanthus construction. Production of Total planted by 2006: 300ha bioethanol from 2007 More information: www.eprl.co.uk/ Plymouth Crop: Wheat assets/anglian/overview.html Fuel contractor: Wessex Grain [email protected] Energy crops required: 330,000t of Missed off? Email your details to [email protected]

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