On the way up at Tullis Russell
Construction is well underway on KIRK Environmental's part of a £200M state of the art Biomass plant at Markinch, near Glenrothes.
The first silo has almost reached its finished height of 18m above the ground.
KIRK Environmental is pleased to announce that construction is well underway on their part of a £200M state of the art Biomass plant at Markinch, near Glenrothes.
Work on the three woodchip storage silos commenced in mid-march and the first silo has almost reached its finished height of 18m above the ground.
The 20m Diameter reinforced concrete structures are being constructed to store both virgin and recycled woodchips; each silo has a volume in excess of 5000m3 and is reclaimed using a Saxlund TubeFeeder® discharger. The plant is estimated to consume approx. 400,000 Tonnes of biomass each year as it generates 50MW of renewable energy which will power the plant itself and export a significant amount into the grid.
KIRK is working for Saxlund International who is developing the project with Canning Conveyor providing the feeding and silo unloading systems which are scheduled for completion in July this year and the whole plant is expected to be operational in early 2013.
