Location in the UK : Wales, Port Talbot Latitude /Longitude: 51.580 / -3.799 Type of installation: Biomass on/offshore: on Turbines:0 Capacity : 350 MW Technology : Wood Pellet Installer:Sinclair Knight Merz Owner : Prenergy Operator : Approx Date of 1st power generation: 2011
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Plans to build the worlds biggest biomass power station fuelled by wood chips have been given the go-ahead by the UK government. Construction is planned to commence in the second quarter of 2008 and last about 32 months, full operation beginning in 2011.
Politicians react to plan for power station in Aberavon Building Britain's largest wood-burning power station in PORT TALBOT may seem, initially at least, to be a 'no brainer' but, how do local voters feel? Source: bbc, Date and Time of entry: Thursday, June 03, 2010 10:02
Protesters block wood chip plant Police have been called after three people blocked a gate at the Western Wood biomass plant in PORT TALBOT and two others climbed a chimney stack. Source: bbc, Date and Time of entry: Monday, November 30, 2009 13:38
Who says it's green to burn woodchips? One of the new plants – the world's largest – is now being built at PORT TALBOT in South Wales, and by 2012 it will supply over half Wales's one million homes, and, claim its owners, Prenergy, displace 3.5 million tons of CO2 emissions a year that would have been produced by older power stations. Source: indi, Date and Time of entry: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 00:09
Protesters insist wood-chip power plant cannot meet its emission limits Plans to establish the Prenergy plant at PORT TALBOT, which could power 500,000 homes, took a huge step forward this week after Environment Agency Wales granted it a licence. Source: wonline, Date and Time of entry: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 00:07
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