Today marks the start of building work on what will be the UK’s largest Biomass plant.

E.ON UK’s Chief Executive Dr Paul Golby said:

As the station will burn willow alongside forestry residue it’s particularly apt that we’ll be planting a willow tree on site.
But, above all, this is about E.ON investing in a project that both reduces carbon emissions and that also offers local farmers a new market in renewable fuel crops.

The scheme has received an £18m grant from the Big Lottery Fund’s Bio-Energy Capital Grants Scheme.

References: E.ON UK Press Release (2006-01-09), BBC Article Work begins on bio power station (2006-01-27).

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