Hadfield Wood Recyclers signs biomass supply deal

Tilbury Green Power Ltd (TGP), a subsidiary of Dutch firm Express Energy Holdings, has approval to use up to 650,000 tonnes of fuel per year at the facility, including SRF and biomass fuel from virgin and recovered wood.

TGP will be able to produce up to 60 MW of electricity, enough to power around 100,000 homes.

Hadfield Wood Recyclers, which has a site at The Port of Tilbury, has been chosen as the preferred supplier of biomass fuel from recovered wood for the boiler. The company will look to supply a minimum of 50,000 tonnes of biomass wood chip per year, but that could increase to over 200,000 tonnes depending on the final fuel mix.

Hadfields

The company has sites in Tilbury, Manchester and Teesside, recovering 250,000 tonnes of waste wood a year, recycling it into a range of products including animal bedding, arena and play surfaces, panel board feedstock, as well as biomass wood chip.

Geoff Hadfield, managing director of Hadfield Wood Recyclers, said: We are delighted to be working with TGP to supply biomass wood chip for this new project. We have established facilities at the site which we are in the process of expanding, so it makes perfect sense that we supply the recovered wood element of fuel for the boiler.

Biomass

TGP received planning permission for the power facility in 2009. It was originally tied to sourcing fuels from the East of England only, but has recently been granted an extension to source SRF and recovered wood from within 50 miles of the site, as well as the East of England. The revised catchment area includes Greater London, which could provide significant quantities of the proposed fuel mix.

Dirk van den Esschert, director of TGP, said: We are very pleased to have reached a long-term agreement for the supply of recovered wood and to be working alongside Hadfield.

“Hadfield have an excellent track record and history and their strong regional presence and reliability makes them an invaluable partner. This is a key step in the delivery of our project which we will be looking to advance in the forthcoming months.