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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Hooton Bio Power is an EfW facility currently under construction in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The facility will utilize [[Advanced Conversion Technology|Advanced Conversion Technologies]] to process 240,000 tonnes per annum and generate 25.2 MW of electricity which will be exported to the grid after the facility’s own power needs are met. The facility has been developed by [[CoGen]] with [[BWSC]] as the turnkey [[EPC]] contractor and O&M provider. In 2018, the facility was sold to [[Aviva Investors]]<ref name="ref1" >CoGen, 2018. [https://www.cogenuk.com/projects Projects — CoGen. Online. CoGen. [Accessed 14 Feb. 2020].]</ref>. | [[Hooton Bio Power]] is an [[EfW]] facility currently under construction in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The facility will utilize [[Advanced Conversion Technology|Advanced Conversion Technologies]] to process 240,000 tonnes per annum and generate 25.2 MW of electricity which will be exported to the grid after the facility’s own power needs are met. The facility has been developed by [[CoGen]] with [[BWSC]] as the turnkey [[EPC]] contractor and O&M provider. In 2018, the facility was sold to [[Aviva Investors]]<ref name="ref1" >CoGen, 2018. [https://www.cogenuk.com/projects Projects — CoGen. Online. CoGen. [Accessed 14 Feb. 2020].]</ref>. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The facility will utilize 2 lines of a | The facility will utilize 2 lines of a [[Fluidised Bed]] [[Gasification]] system provided by [[Kobelco Eco Solutions]]. [[CoGen]] will continue to be involved in the project’s delivery through long-term Management Service Agreements (MSA)<ref name="ref1" />. | ||
The Hooton Bio Power facility will be the first non-subsidized merchant [[Gasification]] facility in the UK, and the largest [[Gasification]] facility in the UK of its size and technology type<ref name="ref3" >BWSC, 2018. [https://www.bwsc.com/media/press-releases/2018/award-hooton BWSC awarded deal to deliver UKs largest gasification plant – Hooton Bio Power Resource Recovery Centre Project. Online. Bwsc.com. [Accessed 14 Feb. 2020].]</ref>. | The Hooton Bio Power facility will be the first non-subsidized merchant [[Gasification]] facility in the UK, and the largest [[Gasification]] facility in the UK of its size and technology type<ref name="ref3" >BWSC, 2018. [https://www.bwsc.com/media/press-releases/2018/award-hooton BWSC awarded deal to deliver UKs largest gasification plant – Hooton Bio Power Resource Recovery Centre Project. Online. Bwsc.com. [Accessed 14 Feb. 2020].]</ref>. | ||