Margam Green Energy Plant
Magram Green Enegry Plant Operational | |
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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
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Output Data
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Summary
A Biomass Waste EFW located near Port Talbot, South Wales, generating c. 40 MW[1].
The plant is owned by Glennmont Partners, a specialist clean energy investment fund which focuses on investment in clean energy infrastructure. 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 [2].
The plant became operational in 2019 at a cost of c.£160m[1].
The Margam plant takes waste wood that is supplied by Stobart Biomass on a long term contract. The waste wood is sourced and supplied by Stobart from across the country at a rate of approximately 6,000 tonnes per week (c.300,000 tonnes per annum)[1].
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 now has responsibility for the plant’s operations and maintenance[1].