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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>.
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<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>
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>.
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>.