Ely Power Station

In 2010, the NNFCC ran a series of free training days, focusing on the technical aspects of growing the energy crops Miscanthus and SRC Willow.

The events sought to address the challenges facing growers and the development of the sector, while providing a network for communication between members of the supply chain.

Our energy crop training day in Mepal, Cambridgeshire, showed there was a local resource of farmers looking to grow energy crops. As a result, Ely power station changed their procurement policy and now actively take Miscanthus as a biomass feedstock.

At 38 MW, Ely is the largest straw-burning power station in the world, generating over 270 GWh each year – enough energy to provide heat and light to 80,000 homes.

The plant is operated by Energy Power Resources, who specialise in electricity generation from biomass – including farm animal waste, cereal straw and now Miscanthus.

Energy Power Resources generate some 10% of the UK's renewable electricity through five large biomass-fuelled generators.

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