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SSE has given the green light to a new £360 million energy from waste plant in Yorkshire.
The Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 project will have a capacity of around 70MW, enough to power roughly 170,000 homes.
The plant will be built at the site of SSE’s Ferrybridge C coal-fired power station in Knottingley, which was shut down in March. It will sit next to the 70MW Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 energy from waste plant which was commissioned in July last year.
The project has been developed by Multifuel Energy, a joint venture between SSE and Wheelabrator Technologies. A final investment decision has now been made after it was granted planning consent by the energy secretary in October.
Construction of the project will be carried out by SSE, with work expected to begin later in 2016 and last for three years. An engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract has been signed with Swiss-based company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI), which was also awarded the main EPC contract for the Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 plant.
Head of construction for SSE Charlie Cryans said: “SSE’s decision to take the FM2 project through to construction is positive for our businesses, but also represents a £360 million investment, which will provide a range of benefits for the local area which we have a long association with.”
Chief executive of HZI Franz-Josef Mengede said: “We are delighted to be working with SSE to build the second Multifuel project at Ferrybridge. Our experience during the construction of the now operational FM1 plant will be invaluable in helping us to deliver this second plant and meet the high standards required by SSE.”
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