Slough Multifuel Energy-From-Waste Facility Begins Operations
The title of this post, is the same as that of this news item from SSE Thermal.
This is the sub-heading.
SSE Thermal and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), partners of a new energy-from-waste facility in Slough, have entered commercial operations ahead of schedule.
This section from the news item describes the operation of the plant.
Slough Multifuel will produce electricity and heat through burning waste-derived fuels made from various sources of:
- municipal solid waste
- commercial and industrial waste
- waste wood
The 55 MW facility will divert thousands of tonnes of waste away from landfill. It will convert it into a valuable source of energy. The facility is expected to process around 480,000 tonnes of residual waste each year. The station will support the UK Government’s strategy to reduce landfill waste and the export of waste.
Effectively, it is a sophisticated state-of-the-art incinerator, that has been built by Hitachi Zosen Inova.
In an ideal world, everything would be recycled and there would be no landfill or incineration.
But that would only be possible in a green fascist state.
Hawthorn Pit Solar Farm
This document from the Department of Business, Industry and Industrial Strategy lists all the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 results for the supply of zero-carbon electricity.
Hawthorn Pit solar farm was given a Contract for Difference.
The solar farm has a web page on the Aura Power web site, where this paragraph describes the solar farm.
Aura Power is working on a solar farm proposal between Murton and South Hetton, with a capacity of up to 49.9MW (Megawatts). The solar farm will be built without subsidy and would generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of over 17,000 homes, saving around 15,203 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere each year.
This Google Map shows the location of Hawthorn Pit.
Note.
- The Durham coast is at the East with Seaham at the North and Horden at the South.
- The A 19 runs North-South in the middle of the map.
- Hawthorn Pit substation is marked by the red arrow.
This second Google Map shows the substation in more detail.
There are a lot of switches and wires.
From the map on the Aura Power web site, it appears that the solar farm is to to the North side of the substation.
Eastern Green Link One
In the future Hawthorn Pit substation will also host the Southern end of Eastern Green Link One, which will be a a 2 GW high voltage direct current (HVDC) electrical superhighway to be built between the Torness area in East Lothian, Scotland and Hawthorn Pit in County Durham, England.
This is number one of four such 2 GW undersea connections that will distribute energy between England and Scotland.
Conclusion
Hawthorn Pit substation could growto an important interchange in the grid.
The Anonymous Widower 