Proposals for a £1 billion renewable power and fuels park on the outskirts of Scunthorpe are back with the planning inspectorate.
A development consent order is being sought for a 95MW waste-to-energy plant, the focal point of what is known as North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park.
It would also feature 30MW of battery storage, as well as 10MW of green hydrogen production and storage, welcoming allied manufacturing using by-products, with potential to support district heat and steam networks.
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To be located on Flixborough Industrial Estate, more than 250 permanent jobs could be created, with Irish firm Solar 21 behind it.
It seeks to maximise use of rail and river links, as it seeks to divert 650,000 tonnes of waste from landfill.
Originally put forward earlier this year, having been first outlined in mid-2020, developer David Jones said the move to withdraw and resubmit was based on feedback from the initial submission.
The Planning Inspectorate will now consider whether it is acceptable for examination.
Launching the project during the pandemic, Solar 21 chief executive Michael Bradley, said: “The North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park is designed to be clean and efficient and ensure as much energy as possible is recovered from waste that cannot be recycled and to create opportunities for zero-carbon business development in the local area.
“It will directly create up to 300 local jobs and up to 100 apprenticeships. It will also help address two urgent national and local needs: to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and generate low-carbon energy.”
Up to 600 jobs have been eyed in construction, with new road access from the A1077, potential for heavy transport fuelling and charging also included, as well as new rail head complex to handle cargo and the reinstatement of a rail link to Scunthorps Steelworks.
Heat treatment of ash from the waste-to-energy plan, twinned with carbon capture - which could also tap into wider Humber plans - would be used to manufacture construction products.
The nationally-significant nature of the project means it needs the go-ahead from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Solar 21 is headquartered in Dublin, but has a strong footprint in the Humber. It is behind a biogas plant at Plaxton Bridge, near Beverley, with a second - as well as a smaller energy from waste scheme - also in development at Melton, also in the East Riding of Yorkshire. A biomass plant at Tansterne, north east of Hull, completes the portfolio, having launched with solar in Italy, which has now been generating for over a decade.
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