Bio-energy Capital Grants Scheme Mr. Todd To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the grants awarded under the bio-energy capital grants scheme toward biomass generation projects; and if he will make a statement. Malcolm Wicks Launched in February 2002, the original £66 million scheme, joint-funded by DTI and the National Lottery's New Opportunities Fund was designed to encourage the development of biomass power stations and biomass-sourced heat, using both established and new technologies and to provide markets for dedicated energy crops. In 2006 the National Lottery—now the Big Lottery Fund (BIG)—used unallocated scheme funds of £2.2 million to provide a second competitive round of funding and awarded seven further grants last September. In December 2006, Defra announced a five-year continuation of the scheme to support the installation of biomass-fuelled heat and combined heat and power projects in the industrial, commercial and community sectors in England, with funding of £10 to £15 million available for the first two years. This funding round is currently open for applications. The combined projects previously and presently supported by DTI, BIG and Defra under the bio-energy capital grants scheme are as follows. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Applicant/project name |Status |Location |MWe/MWth|Grant (£ million)| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |United Utilities/Herefordshire Biomass Project |Offer declined|Hereford |22/0 |10.944 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Enron Teeside/Wilton 10 (Became SembCorp Utilities/Wilton 10) |Building |Teeside |30/0 |11.900 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Powergen/Proposal for a 30 MWe Biomass Fuelled Electricity Generating Station at Killingholme, Lincolnshire (Became E.ON Renewables Stevens Croft, Lockerbie)|Building |Lincs (Became Scotland)|30/0 |18.000 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Applicant/project name |Status |Location |MWe/MWth|Grant (£ million)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bronzeoak/6.88 MWe Biomass Combined Cycle Gasification CHP Plant |Offer declined|Somerset |6.9/1.5 |3.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Eccleshall Biomass/Fanning for Energy |Building |Staffs |2.2/0 |0.48 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Charlton Energy Ltd. |Planning |Gloucester |7/7 |2.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Western Log—Fortum/Port Talbot Bio-Energy Plant. An advanced l0MWe biomass power plant firing clean wood residues|Building |Wales |10/0 |4.65 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Roves Energy/Farmers Fuelling the Future |Planning |Wilts |2/0 |0.96 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Balcas/The conversion of the energy in wood into CHP and the production of wood pellets |Operating |Northern Ireland|2/10 |2.03 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |EPRL—Arjo Wiggins/The Corpach Biomass Plant |Planning |Fort William |5/26 |5.04 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Applicant/project name |Status |Location|MWe/MWth|Grant (£ million)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Peninsula Power Ltd./Winkleigh Biomass Phase 1 . (Offer subsequently withdrawn)|Offer withdrawn|Devon |22 |11.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lead company |Project |Grant awarded (£)| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Econergy Ltd. |Ecoheat Clusters Development Project |1,060,080 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wood Energy Ltd. |Biomass Heating Clusters in South West England and Lincolnshire |903,837 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rural Energy Ltd. |Rural Energy East Midlands Wood Hearing Network |879,060 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Woodland Ed. Trust |Lignatherm—SE Regional Wood Heat Supply Company |112,750 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fermanagh Business Initiative (became Maurice Stevenson Ltd.)|Biomass for Sustainable Development (became Fermanagh Schools renewables initiative)|96,610 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Torren Energy (became Buccleuch Bioenergy) |Torren Energy Scottish Biomass Heat Clusters (Priority 3A) |580,655 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Welsh Biofuels Ltd. |The Wales Biocluster Project |347,970 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lead company |Project |Award (£)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Econergy Ltd. |Industrial Ecoheat Development Project |335,940 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Countryside Properties Ltd. (declined offer)|Cliveden Community |195,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire county council (became RENU)|Nottinghamshire Woodheat Project |197,600 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Torren Energy (became Buccleuch Bioenergy) |Torren Energy Scottish Biomass Heat Clusters (priority 3B)|193,552 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following round 2 in 2006 there are a further seven projects that are being supported by the National Lottery Big Lottery Fund. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lead company |Project |Country |Grant awarded (£)| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire county council|Nottingham Woodheat Programme |England |500,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Highland Wood Energy Limited |Cluster of installations. |Scotland|262,240 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3G Energi Ltd. |3G Energi Woodheat |Scotland|262,944 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The National Trust |The NATHEN Project |England |494,568 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Midlands Wood Fuel Limited |Midlands Wood Fuel |England |359,975 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dulas Ltd. |Powys county council/Mostyn Hall|Wales |204,963 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lead company |Project |Country|Award (£)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lowry Renaissance Limited|Titanic Mill Biomass CHP Project|England|100,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------