Helius Energy once again puts off application for 100-MW biomass plant - report

Oct 28, 2013 - UK firm Helius Energy Plc (LON:HEGY) has delayed for the third time submitting an application for a 100-MW biomass power station in Southampton, southern England, the BBC said on Sunday.

The biomass energy developer previously aimed to file the application for the GBP-300-million (USD 485m/EUR 352m) scheme by the end of September 2013 after it failed to do so at the beginning of this year. Initially, the company was to apply for planning approval in the autumn of 2012. The BBC cited the company as saying that it now planned to file an application in due course, without elaborating further.

The proposed wood-fired power plant at Southampton's Western Docks is to produce enough electricity for 200,000 homes, Helius estimates.

The news agency quoted Steven Galton from No Southampton Biomass (NSB) as saying that Helius was holding the project in order to obtain financing for another biomass scheme in Avonmouth, Bristol.

Helius Energy launched the 100-MW biomass project back in 2010. The planning permission for the scheme will be reviewed by the UK’s secretary of state for communities and local government.

(GBP 1.0 = USD 1.618/EUR 1.172)

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