Biofuels
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MEDIA
INFORMATION APR 2008
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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.
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MEDIA
INFORMATION SEP 2007
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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.
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MEDIA
INFORMATION MAY 2007
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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
platform, www.grainman.co.uk offering
farmers exclusive 21-day payment terms for their grain sales.
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