Sinfin waste plant 'will start up again'... but no date has been set
ONE of the directors behind a controversial waste wood plant in Sinfin which is currently closed says there is no date set for it to start up again.
Campaigners who had opposed the creation of the plant in Trafalgar Park, off Sinfin Lane, had told of their delight after the site stopped operating.
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Simon Bacon
They feared it would create dangerous emissions like nitrogen dioxide, which they claimed could worsen breathing conditions such as asthma.
The site, run by Boyle Electrical Generation and Withion Power, had been using a process called gasification, which involves heat-treating wood to create gas, which is then burned to make electricity.
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The Environment Agency had previously said the plant still had a permit to operate and so was free to re-start work.
It said the site was currently closed due to "financial funding issues".
But Tom Thorp, a Withion director, said the site was "in shutdown mode". He said: "The size of the project we are going to do on the site, within the existing environmental permit, is still being assessed.
"I understand why the Environment Agency may have thought it had closed for financial reasons."
Asked whether closing the plant had anything to do with finances, Mr Thorp said: "We are going through a period of assessment and redevelopment of the technology we employ on the site."
Last June, Withion managing director Tony Wood said the plant operated within "strict parameters" set by the Environment Agency.
Mr Wood said it was hoped the site would employ 12 full-time and four temporary workers. Mr Thorp said this may still be the case.
Simon Bacon, chairman of Sinfin and Spondon Against Incineration, said he was disappointed that it seemed the plant would re-start.
But he added: "The reality was that they would have sold it on to another company if they couldn't keep it going."
2 Comments
by DerbyFoE
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 9:50PM
“'Strict parameters' do not include the thick black smoke they were caught emitting, while having switched off Continuous Emissions Monitoring. They can do this without anyone knowing, including the Environment Agency.
Here are some of the effects of chemically treated woodwaste burning and the pollutants, including heavy metals, arsenic, dioxin and particulates
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http://tinyurl.com/3hg6apc
More jobs are created through recycling, than incineration. For every 10,000 tonnes recycled 59-112 jobs are created. For every 10,000 incinerated, only 10 jobs. (Demos)
Derby and South Derbyshire Friends of the Earth”
by kessie2012
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 9:16PM
“thats not right they want to increase the size of the project if that was the case they would have run it to prove its sucesful to get earning money it is obvious they are either short of money looking for investment or derby council have asked them to keep it shut after the last load of smoke it kicked out so b&q and mcdonalds dont start complaining before the other big one gets built as if it pollutes now it cauld cause havoc with residents in the area ans start trouble”