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BEI-Teesside power station
The proposed BEI-Teesside power station
Country	England
Location	Middlesbrough
Coordinates	54°35′02″N 1°12′54″W / 54.584°N 1.215°W / 54.584; -1.215
Status	Planning
Construction cost	£150 million (expected)
Owner	Bio Energy Investments
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Biomass
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	49 MW
External links
Website	BEI.UK
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BEI-Teesside is a planned biomass power station, expected to be built on the River Tees at Port Clarence, County Durham, England.

Development

The scheme was first announced in late 2009. It was developed by Bio Energy Investments (BEI), and the plant designed by Heatherwick Studio. The plant was granted planning permission on 17 March 2010, with construction expected to start later that year. The plant was expected to be completed in 2012, at a cost of £150 million, creating 200 construction jobs and 40 full-time jobs when the plant is complete.

The land earmarked for the construction of the plant is a 6-hectare brownfield site alongside the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, unused for 50 years since the Clarence Iron Works were demolished. The plant would occupy 2 hectares of the site, with the rest being landscaped.

The prospect of the plant being built was initially put into doubt in June 2011 when BEI announced that without financial support from the Government, they would cancel the scheme, with the company being wound up. Construction began in January 2016.

Specification

The plant is expected to be fueled by reprocessed pine kernel shells, to generate 49 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 50,000 homes.

References

1. ^ "Green energy scheme under threat". Evening Gazette. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
2. ^ "BEI Teeside [sic] Power Plant, United Kingdom". power-technology.com. 19 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011.
3. "Lower Clarence Wharf, Teesside - Proposed biomass power plant" (PDF). bei.uk.com. December 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
4. "Construction of Teesside Biomass Plant begins". Lagan Construction Group. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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Generating sites	Biomass Active Biomass Energy Centre Lynemouth Wilton 10 Proposed BEI-Teesside Billingham North Blyth Tees Tyne REP Coal Closed Berwick upon Tweed Blyth Carville Chopwell Colliery Close Consett Darlington Derwenthaugh Coke Works Dunston Forth Banks Horden Colliery Lemington Lynemouth Mainsforth Colliery Manors Neptune Bank Newburn Steelworks North Tees Pandon Dene Philadelphia South Shore Road South Shields Stella Sunderland Whinfield Cancelled Blyth Clean Coal Eston Grange Kepier Gas Active Seal Sands Wilton Closed Teesside Proposed Thor Cogeneration Whitetail Clean Energy Wilton Cancelled Newburn Hydro Active Derwent Kielder Closed Cragside Nuclear Active Hartlepool Cancelled Druridge Bay Oil Active Wilton Waste Active Teesside Wilton 11 Closed Blaydon Burn Derwenthaugh Coke Works Newburn Steelworks Portrack Whinfield Proposed North Eastern Energy Recovery Centre Cancelled Blyth Wind Active Blyth Harbour Blyth Offshore Great Eppleton Holmside Hall Langley Park North Steads Teesside Trimdon Grange West Durham Proposed Kielder
Organisations and personnel	CA Parsons & Company Charles Algernon Parsons Charles Hesterman Merz Clarke Chapman John Theodore Merz L J Couves & Partners Merz & McLellan Narec Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company North Eastern Electric Supply Company Northern Electric Northern Engineering Industries Northern Powergrid Pre-nationalisation North East electric power companies Reyrolle
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