The North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park application has today
been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for
Energy Security and Net Zero.
The scheme consists of an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF)
converting up to 650,000 tonnes per annum of Refuse Derived Fuel
(RDF) to generate a maximum of 95 Mega Watts of electrical output
(MWe) and/or 380 Mega Watts of thermal output (MWt) to provide
power, heat and steam on the site of the operating Flixborough
Wharf on the River Trent.
The application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for
consideration by North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park Limited on
31 May 2022 and accepted for Examination on 27 June 2022.
Following an Examination during which the public, Statutory
Consultees and Interested Parties were given the opportunity to
give evidence to the Examining Authority, recommendations were
made to the Secretary of State on 15 August 2023.
This is the 90th energy application out of 150 applications
examined to date and was again completed by the Planning
Inspectorate within the statutory timescale laid down in the
Planning Act 2008.
Local communities continue to be given the opportunity of being
involved in the examination of projects that may affect them.
Local people, the local authority and other Interested Parties
were able to participate in this six-month Examination.
The Examining Authority listened and gave full consideration to
all local views and the evidence gathered during the Examination
before making its recommendation to the Secretary of
State.
The decision, the recommendation made by the Examining Authority
to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and
the evidence considered by the Examining Authority in reaching
its recommendation are publicly available on the project
pages of the National Infrastructure Planning website.
