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Fort William, Corpach Harbour

Campaign group: 

 

Applicant: 

Peel Energy, a.k.a. Ayrshire Energy - the group behind the giant Hunterston coal/biomass burner proposals

Technology: 

Incineration

Fuel

"clean wood from local forestry sources" (claim by Peel Energy)

Capacity: 

250,000 tonnes per annum, 20MW electricity output

Local authority: 

Highland

Planning application

Nothing submitted yet (as of 22 December 2010) 

Status of current application: 

Peel Energy is preparing plans prior to public consultation - see article here 

News

Wood burner plan could go up in smoke, 7 Nov 2010 (external link to The Herald)
The group behind controversial plans for a power plant in Ayrshire faces another uphill battle to build a £70million biomass plant in Lochaber after the Highland Council leader launched a fierce attack on the plan.