RWE’s Tilbury Coal Plant to Become Largest U.K. Wood Burner
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RWE AG, Europe’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, plans to convert its 1,050-megawatt coal-power station in southeast England to run entirely on wood pellets.
The U.K. is encouraging utilities to burn biomass, such as wood pellets and other plant-matter, to help reach a European Union target of getting 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources. Britain changed subsidies known as Renewable Obligation Certificates in July 2010 to support biomass plants.