The 5 million facility will produce recycled wood chip fuelfor energy producer E.ONs 120 million, 30 MW biomass energy plant at Blackburn Meadows near Sheffield (see letsrecycle.com story).
The planned wood chip plantwill belocated on an existing 50-acre industrial site, so the company has not had to apply for planning permission. Plevins claim it will be the largest facility of its kind in the UK.
Construction work is due to start shortly and is scheduled to end in Spring 2014, when Plevins contract with E.ON begins. On announcing the deal in November 2011, the company said it was the most lucrative contract in its 38 year history (see letsrecycle.com story).
Development
Jamie Plevin, managing director of Plevin, said: “The Hazlehead facility will be a fantastic development for us, and with the E.ON contract we are making significant strides towards our growth targets.
“As well as helping us expand our operations by giving us further capacity for new contracts, Hazlehead will also help us to offer increased processing volumes to existing customers. The addition of the Hazlehead facility to our portfolio brings our total permitted waste wood processing capacity to 350,000 tonnes per year.
“The project will allow us to have an open gate policy for contracted suppliers on all grades of waste wood. Once completed, we will be able to offer guaranteed recycling of a large volume of high and low grade waste wood.
Supply
The sourcing of the additional 150,000 tonnes of wood waste will be overseen by recently appointed business development manager Andrew McFadzean, who will also support logistics and processing operations.
Mr McFadzean said: Hazlehead is an excellent site, no other wood recycling site has ever had a facility like it, and on the back of it we have a fabulous contract with E.ON, which is particularly impressive considering there a tough times elsewhere in the sector.
It really is an exciting time for everyone here at Plevin.
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Plevin is a major UK wood processing and recycling company collecting, processing and distributing around 600,000 tonnes of wood a year. It employs 150 people across six sites Mossley, Greater Manchester; Elkesley, Nottinghamshire; Boston, Lincolnshire; Newport, South Wales; Kings Lynn, Norfolk and Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.
The company manufactures a range of wood-based products from virgin and waste wood materials. It sources waste wood from council civic amenity sites, skip hire firms, pallet manufacturers and joinery workshops.
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