Charles Hendry Backs Biomass

UK Minister of State for Energy again highlights the importance of biomass as a reliable renewable source of power as Anglesey power station is given the go ahead.  Announcing consent for the project Charles Hendry, Minister of State for Energy said:

“We want a balanced energy portfolio and we want biomass to play a key role in this.

“Biomass power stations such as this one in Anglesey will provide us a reliable, secure, flexible and renewable source of power. I am especially pleased that the plant offers the prospect of so many high-quality jobs in Anglesey”.

Meeting Potential Partners at RWM

 The Lifetime Recycling Village team have just returned from a great few days at this year's Recycling & Waste Management (RWM) show with CIWM. 

This was a great opportunity to meet potential future suppliers and partners, explore investment opportunities, talk to the specialist media and hear some excellent keynote speeches.

Opening the show Energy Minister Charles Hendry MP voiced his support for a greater uptake of Energy-from-Waste technologies and stated the Government's focus on this in the Waste Review.

LRV Join Industry Leaders to 'Back Biomass'

Lifetime Recycling Village has this week pledged their support to the Renewable Energy Association's (REA) 'Back Biomass' campaign. The campaign recognises that heat and power from sustainable biomass offers proven, practical, secure low carbon energy as part of a balanced energy mix.

Getting behind the campaign LRV gave the following statement, which is featured on the REA website:

"Lifetime Recycling Village are delighted to see the launch of the Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) ‘Back Biomass’ campaign this week. At a time when the renewables industry desperately needs clarity about the future of Government incentives, it is vital that we send a clear message to policy-makers about the flexibility and affordability of biomass for producing green electricity.

"Significant progress has already been made to integrate biomass electricity into the UK energy mix: at the end of 2010, there was 2.5GW of capacity operating, accounting for 11.9 TWh of generation. Yet it is vital that Government support continues to encourage investment and ensure that biomass technology takes a central role in enabling our transition to a low carbon economy.

"Solutions like those being proposed by Lifetime Recycling Village in the West of Scotland effectively draw upon a mix of technologies – with biomass gasification at the very heart – to meet increased demands for renewable energy and the requirement to divert more waste from landfill. Now is the time to Back Biomass so that, by 2025, Scotland will only send 5% waste to landfill, and that by 2020, 100% of our electricity requirements will come from renewable sources."

To view the 'Back Biomass' website and this statement online, please click on the following link:
http://www.backbiomass.co.uk/newsroom-story.php?id=19