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The power station would be fuelled primarily with imported wood chips and wood pellets and the operator estimates they would use 2.4 million tonnes of biomass (wood) per year. By comparison, this is more than one quarter of the entire UK roundwood production. At least one million hectares of tree plantation would be required to feed this one power station alone.
The waste heat from the power station will be dumped into the sea - there are no plans to make use of the heat for other industrial processes or to supply a district heating scheme.
Burning imported biomass on this scale and inefficiently (no CHP) is a deeply flawed response to climate change.
The operator will be able to claim Renewable Obligations Certificates for the electricity generated and substantially increase his income. As electricity consumers we are all paying for this.
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SENT IN AN OBJECTION AND WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, PLEASE USE THE EMAIL ALERT BELOW, WHICH SENDS TO THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER IN DECC.
PLEASE INCLUDE THE REFERENCE NO. AND TITLE IN ANYTHING YOU SEND:
Application No 46C13E/1 - BIOMASS GENERATING STATION ATPENRHOS, HOLYHEAD
The email alert is at: http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/angleseyoct2009.php
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Biofuels are a wide range of fuels which are in some way derived from biomass.
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