Billingham Biomass Power Station is a planned biomass power station, that is to be built on the River Tees at Billingham. It is to be built on the site of the former coal-fired North Tees Power Station.[1] The station will have a generating capacity of 45 megawatts (MW).[2]
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Billingham Biomass Power Station | |
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Country | England |
Location | Billingham |
Coordinates | 54.587°N 1.261°W / 54.587; -1.261 |
Status | Planned |
Owner(s) | Gaia Power |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Biomass |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 45 MW |
The station was granted planning permission in October 2009.[2] The construction of the power station will cost £200 million, and is expected to be completed by 2012. The project was initiated by Gaia Power, who chose Aker Solutions to develop the project.[3]
As at October 2017 the old power station site remains undeveloped.
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