Biofuels
Ensus Bioethanol plant update Spring
2009
At a time when good news is in short supply, it's nice to be able to report a
positive story. The construction of the Ensus BioEthanol plant on Teeside is
continuing at pace and the plant is scheduled to open on time in the Summer of
2009. When fully commissioned the plant will use about 1.2million tonnes of
wheat, all of which will be supplied by Glencore Grain UK Ltd. As well as this
it will produce nearly 400,000 tonnes a year of high quality distillers grains
for the animal feed market.
Photos taken in November 2008
Ensus Wilton Site
Fermentation Tanks
Distillation Columns
DDGS Store
Ensus Bioethanol plant update Summer
2008
Construction
of the UK’s first world scale bio-ethanol production plant at Wilton on Teeside
has continued to progress well through the summer. The plant is scheduled to
start production during 2009 and will use 1.2million tonnes of wheat a year,
all supplied by Glencore Grain UK Ltd.
Activity on the site has grown as the building work has developed and by early
2009 it is expected that there will be around 800 construction workers involved
with the project.
At
the moment the civil works associated with the grain reception area and the
fermentation tanks are progressing well, and the installation of the pipe work
into the pipe bridges is on schedule. Deliveries of equipment for the plant
have begun and the recruitment of specialist staff to run the plant is
progressing well.
The
technology used in the plant is highly efficient and the process that converts
the wheat into ethanol also creates a substantial quantity of a high protein
animal feed known as DDGS, and also carbon dioxide which will be used in the UK
food and beverage market.
Ensus Bioethanol plant update Spring
2008
Construction
of the Ensus plant at the Wilton site is progressing well on many fronts.
Foundations are now in place and the Civil Contractor has released the whole
side of the fermenter area and work has started on erection of the pre cast
bases. The steelwork for the modular pipe bridge is largely complete and
erection of pipe into the modular bridge sections has started and the big lifts
should start at the end of April.
Planning for Commissioning is now underway with key resources in place and
required additional resource being recruited.
Ensus Bioethanol plant update Autumn
2007
Work
on the UK’s first wheat powered bioethanol plant is well underway at the Wilton
International industrial complex near Teeside.
The site for the Ensus Bioethanol plant has now been cleared and the piling work
for the foundations is almost complete. The Civil works will begin very shortly
and the project is still on target for completion in the 1st Quarter of 2009.
The first two photographs below show the piling work underway at the Southern
end of the site where the grain silos will be located. The third picture is of
the proposed location of the office complex to the west of the site (with a
lovely view of the power station behind).
When the Ensus plant is operational in early 2009 it will use around 1.2 million
tonnes of wheat a year and will also produce 400,000 tonnes of high protein
animal feed.
Ground breaking development for
bio-ethanol
Defra
Secretary of State, David Miliband, MP, has marked the start of construction of
the
UK’s first major
wheat-to-fuel facility, with a visit to the Ensus bio-ethanol site at
Wilton
on Teesside last week (11 May 2007).
The
ground-breaking ceremony keeps the huge renewable fuel project on target to
commence production in spring 2009 - utilising over a million tonnes of wheat a
year from the coming season’s drilling onwards.
“Every
country in the world has to find a way to lower carbon emissions, and
undoubtedly those who do so first will be the ones to reap the dividends,” said
Mr Miliband. “The involvement of companies such as Ensus is something to be
celebrated and is very, very important for national and international efforts
to combat climate change.”
Keith
Davies of Glencore Grain
UK, which will be the
exclusive buyers of wheat for the huge Ensus plant, added: “With the
construction of the Ensus plant underway, bio-ethanol is now a reality for
UK
growers and a real market to fulfil. This is a fantastic opportunity for
growers to secure a guaranteed market for wheat. Our long-term supply agreement
with Ensus will create the potential for a decade of innovation for the farming
industry.
“A
plant of this magnitude will redefine the dynamics of the
UK
wheat market, and have a positive effect on stabilising
UK
wheat prices,” he added.
Notes
to Editors
Caption: Redcar
MP, Vera Baird, and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
David Miliband (left), marked the ground-breaking ceremony for the new
bio-ethanol factory on Teesside with Alwyn Hughes, Chief Executive Officer of
Ensus and others involved with the project.
Glencore Grain operates the UK’s only real-time on-line internet grain selling
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For further information please contact:
Keith
Davies
Nick Oakhill
Glencore Grain
UK
Glencore Grain UK
Tel: 01844
261261
Tel: 01844 261261
Email: keith.davies@glencore.co.uk
Email: nick.oakhill@glencore.co.uk
Mark Sanderson
TOP PR
Tel: 01635 278236
Email: mark.s@toppr.co.uk