Newark
A Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP), the Newark CHP (also known as the JG Pears CHP) is permitted to process up to 75,000 tonnes a year of Meat and Bone Meal (MBM).
The facility is located to the west of Lincoln, in Lincolnshire.
Site Details
| Operator | JG Pears |
|---|---|
| Site | Newark |
| Permit No | MP3235CC |
| Plated | 75000 |
| Status | Operational |
Plant Description
The plant is based on standard combustion comprising a single line of a fluidised bed technology[1][3].
MBM and wood pellets are blown into the fluidised bed from a silo for combustion[1][3].
The plant generates 42MWth and 11MWe which is used primarily in the co-located rendering plant.
History
JG Pears was granted planning consent in October 2014[2] for the facility.
Engineering and development support was supplied via Cobalt Energy[4] and was delivered via an EPC contract by Aalborg Energie Technik a/s (AET) between 2016 and 2018[5][6].
It processes MBM from the co-located processing facilites of the company and provides the combined heat and power needs of the sites overall processing[2].
The plant is owned and operated by JG Pears[3].
