BEI-Teesside
| BEI-Teesside power station | |
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The proposed BEI-Teesside power station
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 Location of BEI-Teesside power station in County Durham
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| Country | England |
| Location | Middlesbrough |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Status | Planning |
| Construction cost | £150 million (expected) |
| Owner(s) | Bio Energy Investments |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Biomass |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 49 MW |
| Website http://bei.uk.com/ |
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BEI-Teesside is a planned biomass power station, expected to be built on the River Tees at Port Clarence.
Development
The scheme was first announced in late 2009.[1] 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, while creating 200 construction jobs and 40 full-time jobs when the plant is complete.[2]
The land earmarked for the construction of the plant is a 6 hectare brownfield site alongside the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, which hasn't been used in 50 years since the Clarence Iron Works were demolished.[3] The plant would occupy 2 hectares of the site, with the rest being landscaped.[2]
However the prospect of the plant being built at all was 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.[1]
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.[2]
