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A campaign for sustainable methods of waste management |
Dundee, biomass burner
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Artist's impression - click to enlarge
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Technology: |
Energy from Waste |
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Fuel |
Biomass consisting of imported wood |
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Capacity: |
approximately 1 million tonnes per annum, power output 125MW |
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Local authority: |
City of Dundee Council |
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Planning application |
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Status of current application: |
Application submitted to Scottish Government on 17 Aug 2010. The public had until 24 Sept to object. Statutory consultees followed with their comments by the end of Jan 2011. |
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Latest News - Please email relevant news stories for publishing Alert your MSP to biomass dangers, 4 Nov 2011 Forth Energy
campaigners to protest in September Dundee student fined over biomass protest — then graduates 24 hours later, 24 June -
external link Dundee
biomass plant plans put on hold while parties agree air quality monitoring
programme, 20 June 2011 - external link Forth Energy biomass proposals, update 13 June 2011 MSP calls for biomass plant air quality answers, 31 May 2011 - external link Biomass Firm's Planning Call, 11 May 2011 The Company behind plans for a biomass plant at Dundee harbour...read more Forth Energy’s ‘Renewable’ energy plans not green, say environmentalists, 26 April 2011 The biomass plant proposed for Dundee would burn up to one million tonnes of imported wood each year...read more American groups objects to Forth Energy biomass plans, 30 March - external link Open letter of objection to Forth Energy’s plans for construction and operation of four biomass power stations: Dundee, Grangemouth...read more Forth Energy denies any government bias in biomass plant plans,
7 March 2011 (external link to Dundee Courier) Campaigners claim objections snub, 3 February 2011 - external link Campaigners against Forth Energy's biomass plant at Dundee harbour have expressed dismay at....read more Dundee objections mismanaged, claim campaigners, 2 February 2011 Objectors to Forth Energy's Dundee biomass plans claim Scottish Government treatment of objections amounts to mismanagement and possible bias Council wants answers before giving biomass plan response, 25 January, 2011
(external link) NHS Tayside says biomass plant plan raises health fears, 24.Jan 2011 Councillor breaks silence to confirm opposition to biomass plant,
24 Jan 2011 RATTs claim thousands of letters supporting biomass protest, 23 Jan 2011 Two sides to the biomass debate, 19 Jan 2011 SO AFTER almost a year of being invisible on the subject, there's finally no hiding place for Dundee's councUlors. On Monday they will be forced into giving an opinion on proposals to site an incinerator at the city's waterfront. Friends of the Earth attack biomass proposals, winter 2010 Friends of the Earth Scotland have declared their opposition to large-scale biomass burning, with particular focus on Forth Energy’s proposals for Dundee, Leith, Grangemouth and Rosyth. Letter of objection to Dundee biomass burner, 30 August 2010 We sent the following letter today to the Scottish Government, objecting to the proposed biomass burner in Dundee: ...read more Biomass plans fuel fear of 'neo-colonial land grab' in Africa, 30 Aug The company behind plans to build a massive biomass plant in Dundee has said all of its fuel will come from sustainable sources. A report by...read more A month to object to Dundee biomass burner, 25 August 2010 Objectors have until 24 September to object to plans to build an electricity generator in Dundee which will burn 1.25 million tonnes of biomass each year (mostly wood, straw, paper and card). Instructions for how to object are found here -...read more Dundee biomass plant plans to be lodged today, 17 August 2010 Plans to build a biomass plant at the port of Dundee will be lodged with the Scottish Government today. The site of the proposed biomass plant for Dundee's docks. Forth Energy, the company...read more Dundee, Leith, Rosyth, Grangemouth burners - update 9 July Forth Energy have not formally submitted any application yet, but we are expecting these imminently. The four plants have all been through the Scottish Government Scoping process and the Dundee plant...read more Dundee biomass plant to use waste in its fuel, 14 June 2010 FORTH ENERGY, the company behind plans to build a biomass plant at Dundee’s waterfront, has confirmed that it will seek a permit allowing it to burn waste materials in the fuel mix. That...read more MEETING HEARS OF BIOMASS PLANT 11 June 2010 THE GUEST speaker at last Tuesday's meeting of Broughty Ferry Community Council in the Public Library was Calum Wilson, of Forth Energy, who hope to build a biomass plant in the docks area of Dundee. Biomass Plant Toxic Wood Fear, 2 June 2010 Dundee could end up the only UK city with two waste incinerators if Forth Energy uses preservative-treated wood in its planned biomass plant, it emerged today (writes Bruce Robbins). Read more.... Update - the story so far and future proceedings, 28 May 2010 In August 2009 Forth Energy, a partnership between Scottish & Southern Energy and Forth Ports, announced plans for 4 large biomass-fuelled electricity generators in Dundee, Leith, Grangemouth and Rosyth....read more Dundee biomass plans go on
display, 21 May 2010 Dundee Courier publishes letter about health implications of biomass burner, 3 May 2010 'Deadly bi-products of incinerators', by Michael Gallagher - Sir,-I am glad to see The Courier is keeping a wary eye on plans to build a biomass burner in Dundee (April 26, leader column). Forth Energy has not said how many tonnes of biomass will be burnt each year but a 100MW biomass burner in Texas...Read more... Scottish Ministers have published Scoping Opinions on the four biomass burners proposed by Forth Energy, including Leith, Grangemouth, Dundee and Rosyth. The purpose of the document is to provide guidance for the applicant in drafting its Environmental Impact Assessment (part of the planning application process). Read more.... |
Related articles and reports Fresh doubts over Leith Biomass plant, 1 July 2011 -
external link Power plant protesters fined after bringing docks to a standstill, 22 June 2011 - external link Carcinogenic Dioxins and Biomass Wood Combustion - letter to Guardian, 21 June 2011 Biomass jobs cost £1-2 million each, 21 June 2011 Burning
Question: Why is PKC incinerating more of our household waste?
Perthshire Advertiser, 31 May 2011 Springfield revokes biomass consent, 26 May
2011 Environmental and human rights activists block off port to stop Forth Energy’s "mad“ biomass plans 17 May 2011 Arrests after protesters bring Grangemouth docks to standstill over power station plans, 16 May 2011
- external link to STV report Biomass Firm's Planning Call, 11 May 2011 THE COMPANY behind plans for a biomass plant at Dundee harbour has told ministers...read more MSPs sign up for biomass plants probe, 18 February 2011
- external link Angry exchanges at Leith biomass meeting, 10 Feb 2011 - external link - Report from Wednesday's community meeting between residents and Forth Energy. SEPA gives its approval for Dundee plant, 13 December 2010 (Word Doc || PDF) SEPA has now given its approval in this report. CEN to issue draft green standards for biomass, 1 December 2010 - Europe's standardisation body CEN will on Thursday unveil draft sustainability standards for biomass produced for biofuels and bioliquids...read more Biomass Binge - New Scientist, 13 November 2010 Europe's biofuel plans will produce more greenhouse emissions, not less. So says the first independent analysis of how Europe's 2020 targets will be met....read more Biofuels Fallacy: Why Burning Plants Instead of Fossil Fuels Won't Save the Climate The quest to replace black fuels with green fuels is just another resource and land grab by big corporations. While there is no doubt that we need to kick our fossil fuel addiction...read more Timber firm backs EU-wide protests against subsidies for biomass plants, 30 Oct 2010 Dundee Courier, Saturday 30 October 2010 A Fife timber firm has spoken out in support of Europe-wide protests against biomass plant subsidies...read more Biomass may emit more CO2 than coal, 27 July An electrical problem interrupted a Utility and Review Board hearing in Halifax on Monday on a proposed $208-million biomass energy project that critics say is bad for the environment...read more WHEN
THE EU WASTES the CLIMATE: The EU Policy of Subsidising Energy
from Burning Waste is Worsening the Climate - June 2010 Excessive Subsidies for Waste Wood Incineration, 15 July 2010 - external link to UKwin website Under the UK’s system for promoting renewable energy technologies – the Renewables Obligation legislation [1] – subsidies guaranteed for years [2] are granted via Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) and are readily available for energy generation that is far from efficient..read more Incinerator Opponents & Forest Activists Meet Congress to Demand End to Industry Subsidies, 14 July Activists meet with key Senators & Representatives to expose the environmental, economic and public health risk associated with biomass burning...read more Delaware closes biomass burning loophole, 2 July 2010 Delaware Senate Bill 311 passed the Senate on June 23rd, 20 "yes" 0 "no" 1 "not voting." It passed the House on June 29, 36 "yes," one "no." Hopefully Governor Jack Markell will...read more BIOMASS
INCINERATORS – Separating Fact from Fiction, 3 July 2010
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