Written question asked by Richard Page (Conservative) on Friday, 4 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 February 2005. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Thursday, 10 February 2005 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many working biomass power plants have been built since 1997. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Page: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many working biomass power plants have been built since 1997. [215516] Mr. Mike O'Brien: Working biomass power plants commissioned in the UK since 1997 are as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Project KW installed capacity Developer Date of commissioning Elean Business Park* 36,850 EPR Ely Ltd. 2000 Goosey Lodge Power Plant 5,000 Wykes Engineering Company 2000 (Rushden) Ltd. Peabody Trust, BEDZED 239 Peabody Trust 2002 PDM Group Widnes 2,100 PDM Group Ltd. 2000 Thetford Power Station 41,500 Fibrothetford Ltd. C/o Thetford 1998 Power Station Thornton Power Station 9,000 TPS (UK) Ltd. 2002 The Westfield Biomass Plant 12,500 The Westfield Biomass Plant/EPR 2000 Scotland Ltd. Balcas Sawmill, Laragh, 2,700 Balcas Ltd. 2005 Enniskillen, NI SA Cumnock WWTW* 177 Scottish Water 1999 Fawley Waste to Energy Plant* 8,600 Shanks Chemical Services Ltd. 2001 Weston Industrial Estate* 500 Network Energy Ltd. 2002 Total = 11 119,166 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: This listing does not include co-firing installations, but those plants marked * have an element of co-firing.

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