Western Wood Energy Plant
| Western Wood Energy Plant Operational | |
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| Operator | Western Bio-Energy Ltd |
| Capacity | 16.4 MWe |
| Feedstock | Waste Wood/Virgin |
| EPR (Waste Licence) | ZP3939GL |
| ROC | Yes |
| CfD | |
| CHP | Unkwn |
Operators Annual Report
Input Data
| Year | Wood | Litter | RDF | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61769 | 0 | 0 | 64873 | 126642 |
| 2022 | 25983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101393 |
Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4111 | 3.25% | 375 | 0.30% |
| 2022 | 4863 | 4.80% | 453 | 0.45% |
Summary
A Biomass Waste EFW facility based upon the co-firing of virgin wood and forestry processing rejects, with only small amounts of clean Wood Waste to generate 14MWe[1]. The Forestry Commission is the largest fuel supplier to the plant.
The Western Wood facility is owned by Western Bioenergy Ltd and Good Energies(UK) LLP is the principle shareholder (with a minority interest by Western Log Group who originally developed the project). ECO2 joined the project between 2004 and 2014 for fuel logistics and administration - the plant is now owned and operated by Greensphere Capital LLP.
Plant
The plant commenced construction in October 2006 and was fully operational in November 2008. The plant cost £33m to construct via an EPC consortium contract between Aalborg Energie Technik (AET) and Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC). It is based on coventional combustion via an advanced grate that processes 20 tonnes per hour of wood chips, with a steam turbine from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding[2].
Tonnage Input/Fuel
The tonnage received by the plant is a mixture of Biomass and in the most recent Annual Sustainability Report for 2018-19[3] Ofgem reported the following fuel received (Wood Waste representing 7% of input):
| Biomass | Tonnage (2018-19) |
|---|---|
| Wood Waste | 9,744 |
| Virgin Wood | 104,038 |
| Virgin Wood Chips | 17,971 |
| Brash | 4,216 |
| Total | 135,969 |
The Wood Waste tonnage received cannot be directly compared with the stated historical tonnage received and recorded in the NRW statistics as these are recorded on a calendar year basis (i.e. January 2018 to December 2018) and were not available for the period.