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[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]]

A Biomass Waste EFW facility [[Barry Dock – Biomass No 2]] is based processing up to 86,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] generating 10MWe to be exported to the local grid. The facility is located off Woodham Road, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.

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[[File:Barry-Biomass.png|400px|left|Barry Biomass EfW. Lets Recycle, 2020.]]__TOC__

==Summary==

A Biomass Waste EFW facility based processing up to 86,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] generating 10MWe to be exported to the local grid. The facility is located off Woodham Road, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. The [[Wood Waste]] feedstock consumed at this facility comes from a variety of sources including municipal recycling centres and manufacturing companies<ref name="ref1" >Lets Recycle, 2020. [https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/barry-biomass-final-tests/ Barry Biomass Undergoing Final Tests - Letsrecycle.com. Online. [Accessed 3 April 2020].]</ref>.

A Biomass Waste EFW facility [[Barry Dock – Biomass No 2]] is based processing up to 86,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] generating 10MWe to be exported to the local grid. The facility is located off Woodham Road, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. The [[Wood Waste]] feedstock consumed at this facility comes from a variety of sources including municipal recycling centres and manufacturing companies<ref name="ref1" >Lets Recycle, 2020. [https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/barry-biomass-final-tests/ Barry Biomass Undergoing Final Tests - Letsrecycle.com. Online. [Accessed 3 April 2020].]</ref>.

Construction of this facility began in 2016 and entered the commissioning stage in 2019~~, becoming fully operational~~ in 2020<ref name="~~ref1~~" />.

Construction of this facility began in 2016 and entered the commissioning stage in 2019<ref name="ref1" />. It was reported in August 2021 that commissioning had resumed after pausing in April 2020<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/commissioning-of-barry-biomass-gasifier-restarts/ Letsrecycle Article August 2021]</ref>. This plant and the other two developed by [[Aviva Investors]]<ref name="ref2" /> by were reported in November 2024 as being close to being mothballed [1]

Operations are carried out by [[Barry Biomass]], which is fully monitored by [[Natural Resources Wales]] (NRW)<ref name="ref2" >Barry Biomass, 2020. [https://www.barrybiomass.co.uk/English#about Welcome To Barry Biomass. Online. Barry Biomass. [Accessed 3 April 2020]]</ref>.

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[[Gasification]] technology is implemented to recover energy<ref name="ref2" />.

==~~Tonnage Input/Fuel==~~

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~~There is no tonnage reported as received by the plant in the most recent [[Annual Sustainability Report]] for 2018-19<ref>[https~~://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2018-19 Biomass Sustainability Dataset 2018-19]</ref> reported by [[Ofgem]] as the plant only became fully operational in late 2019/early 2020. Equally there is no historical tonnage received and recorded in the [[NRW]] statistics as these are recorded and only available on a calendar year basis up to the end of 2018 (i.e. January 2018 to December 2018).

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==References==

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-[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]]
+A Biomass Waste EFW facility [[Barry Dock – Biomass No 2]] is based processing up to 86,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] generating 10MWe to be exported to the local grid. The facility is located off Woodham Road, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.
-{{BiomassPlant|NAME=Barry|id=10}}
+[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]]{{#vardefine: epr|AB3790ZB}}
+{{BiomassPlant|NAME=Barry Dock – Biomass No 2|id=10|EPR={{#var: epr}}}}
 [[File:Barry-Biomass.png|400px|left|Barry Biomass EfW. Lets Recycle, 2020.]]__TOC__
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+<ref>[https://www.barrybiomass.co.uk/English/ Barry Biomass Site Photo]All Rights Reserved</ref>
 ==Summary==
-A Biomass Waste EFW facility based processing up to 86,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] generating 10MWe to be exported to the local grid. The facility is located off Woodham Road, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. The [[Wood Waste]] feedstock consumed at this facility comes from a variety of sources including municipal recycling centres and manufacturing companies<ref name="ref1" >Lets Recycle, 2020. [https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/barry-biomass-final-tests/ Barry Biomass Undergoing Final Tests - Letsrecycle.com. Online. [Accessed 3 April 2020].]</ref>.
+A Biomass Waste EFW facility [[Barry Dock – Biomass No 2]] is based processing up to 86,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] generating 10MWe to be exported to the local grid. The facility is located off Woodham Road, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. The [[Wood Waste]] feedstock consumed at this facility comes from a variety of sources including municipal recycling centres and manufacturing companies<ref name="ref1" >Lets Recycle, 2020. [https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/barry-biomass-final-tests/ Barry Biomass Undergoing Final Tests - Letsrecycle.com. Online. [Accessed 3 April 2020].]</ref>.
-Construction of this facility began in 2016 and entered the commissioning stage in 2019, becoming fully operational in 2020<ref name="ref1" />.
+Construction of this facility began in 2016 and entered the commissioning stage in 2019<ref name="ref1" />. It was reported in August 2021 that commissioning had resumed after pausing in April 2020<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/commissioning-of-barry-biomass-gasifier-restarts/ Letsrecycle Article August 2021]</ref>. This plant and the other two developed by [[Aviva Investors]]<ref name="ref2" /> by were reported in November 2024 as being close to being mothballed [1]
 Operations are carried out by [[Barry Biomass]], which is fully monitored by [[Natural Resources Wales]] (NRW)<ref name="ref2" >Barry Biomass, 2020. [https://www.barrybiomass.co.uk/English#about Welcome To Barry Biomass. Online. Barry Biomass. [Accessed 3 April 2020]]</ref>.
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 [[Gasification]] technology is implemented to recover energy<ref name="ref2" />.
-==Tonnage Input/Fuel==
+{{BioSustain|EPR={{#var: epr}}}}
-There is no tonnage reported as received by the plant in the most recent [[Annual Sustainability Report]] for 2018-19<ref>[https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2018-19 Biomass Sustainability Dataset 2018-19]</ref> reported by [[Ofgem]] as the plant only became fully operational in late 2019/early 2020. Equally there is no historical tonnage received and recorded in the [[NRW]] statistics as these are recorded and only available on a calendar year basis up to the end of 2018 (i.e. January 2018 to December 2018).
+{{EAIn|EPR={{#var: epr}}}}
 ==References==
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