Margam Green Energy Plant

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Magram Green Enegry Plant
Operational
Site Location
Site Location

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Operator Margam Green Energy Ltd
Capacity 40 MWe
Feedstock Waste Wood
EPR (Waste Licence) DP3137EG
ROC No
CfD
CHP Unkwn

Operators Annual Report


Input Data

Year Wood Litter RDF Other Total


Output Data

Year IBA IBA %ge of Tot IN APC APC %ge of Tot IN

Margam Green Energy Plant
Margam Green Energy Plant

Summary

A Biomass Waste EFW located near Port Talbot, South Wales, generating c. 40 MW[1] based on an annual combustion rate of c.335,000 tonnes of Wood Waste per annum[2].

The plant was originally owned by Glennmont Partners, a specialist clean energy investment fund which focuses on investment in clean energy infrastructure, but was sold to Greencoat Capital in April 2022, a company 75% owned by Schroders[3]. Originally the Margam project was a joint venture between Cardiff based energy development company, Eco2 Ltd and a local company, Western Logs Group. Eco2 Ltd now has responsibility for the plants overall operations and fuel management supply[1]. The project was one of the final of its type to be supported under the Renewables Obligation [4].

The plant became operational in 2019 at a cost of c.£160m[1].

The Margam plant takes Wood Waste that is supplied by Stobart Biomass on a long term contract. The Wood Waste is sourced and supplied by Stobart Biomass from across the country at a rate of approximately 6,000 tonnes per week/355,000 tonnes per year[1]. The plant is also capable of processing contaminated wood and fuel containing metals with no pre-treatment required. The facility is also able to take municipal waste as a fuel source in the future if required[2].

Plant

The main EPC contractor was the consortium of Babcock Wilcox VØlund a/s (BWV) and Interserve Construction Ltd. VØlund is part of the Babcock & Wilcox Group, and provided the process equipment whilst Interserve (Wales) undertook the civil engineering and building. BWV have the responsibility for the plant’s operations and maintenance[1] for the next 15 years[2].

The plant features the patented advanced DynaGrate® technology which can handle a wide range of waste and is based on the Bruun & Sørensen technology.[2].

Tonnage Input/Fuel

The tonnage received by the plant in the most recent Annual Sustainability Report for 2018-19[5] was reported by Ofgem as follows:

Biomass Tonnage (2018-19)
Wood Waste 52,689
Other 0
Total 52,689

The Wood Waste is received from a variety of sources. 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 not currently available.


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