Steven's Croft power station

Steven's Croft is a wood-fired power station near Lockerbie in Scotland. It started energy production in 2008. It is operated by E.ON and is the largest biomass power station in the UK.[1] It produces 44 MW of electricity, and burns 60% waste from timber production, 20% coppiced wood, and 20% recycled fibre.[2] It claims to save 140,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases a year.[3] It uses 480,000 tonnes of fuel per year to produce 126 MW of thermal energy, and the boiler is optimised to run at 537 °C and 137 bar of pressure. Aqueous wastes are dispersed using a wetland filtering system.[4]

Steven's Croft power station
Steven's Croft in 2017
CountryScotland
LocationDumfries and Galloway
Coordinates55.152914°N 3.38279°W / 55.152914; -3.38279
Commission date2008
Operator(s)E.ON
Thermal power station
Primary fuelWood

References
  1. "Green power station site opened". BBC Online. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. "Engineering Timelines - Steven's Croft Biomass Power Station". Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. "Steven's Croft Biomass". E.ON. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. "Steven's Croft Biomass Power Station, UK". Mott MacDonald. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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