Slough And Power

[leedeerman]

I heard on the grapevine today that Slough biomass power station has closed permanently, no doubt resulting in many job loses.

 

Does anyone have anymore info on this?

 

Now what am I going to do with the chip

[se7enthdevil]

i never even knew we had one...

 

 

where is it?

 

 

 

 

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[nick channer]

Not far from mars factory.... I think???!

[leedeerman]

I hear they used 2-4k ton a week, that's a lot to be hanging around the southeast, now with no where to go.

[Al Cormack]

It does tend to breakdown now and again, so might be closed temporarily but can't see it closing permanently - where will Stobarts take all the chip then?

[leedeerman]

Apparently SSE the energy provider have pulled the plug, no pun intended! Stobarts are pissed too.

[nick channer]

It does shut down for weeks quite often... I'm only few miles from them and my chip has never gone there.. Always go north or thetford through stobarts

[openspaceman]

I heard on the grapevine today that Slough biomass power station has closed permanently, no doubt resulting in many job loses.

 

Does anyone have anymore info on this?

 

Now what am I going to do with the chip

 

It was announced a few days back along with dire warnings about the electrcity supply in general and low gas reserves in store:

 

Energy firm warns that lights are "going out" | News | Heating and Ventilation News

 

If it is finished I'm surprised it's so soon after the announcement.

 

That will mean an embarassing few heaps around the countryside the firm I do work for will have to find a home for, not to mention the prospects for the lorry driver.

[redmoosefaction]

Got told today that Slough is being shut down permanently 2 weeks from today. It takes around 3000 tons a week. It was a coal fired station that got converted to biomassand that it breaks down regularly. Apparently woodchip came from all over, Wales, Scotland, which sounds daft, big 500hp trucks running the length and breadth of the country. People basically got paid to supply them.

 

So. .. What happens next. My recycling place produces 13000v tons a year. Gristwood and toms produce 12000. Where's it all going to go. Are drax going to build the new biomass plants, that apparently the UK will not be able to supply enough chip for so they are thinking on importing chip from America? ???? It's basically screwed everyone's business models up big time.

 

They may well refurbish the station but then start charging to drop the chip off. Who knows.

 

Anyone got any bright ideas?

Edited March 26, 2013 by redmoosefaction

[PhilBeech]

There are plenty of biomass fuelled power stations across the UK. Slough was just one of the first.

 

The excess will easily get absorbed elsewhere as new plants are opening all the time.

 

Most from Slough will go to S Wales. Folks will just get less per tonne for their waste chip.