UK biomass blaze riddle remains as RWE restarts power export

Utility RWE admits it cannot be completely sure how a huge blaze erupted at its 750MW biomass plant in southeast England.

RWE npower – the UK arm of the German giant – has just exported the first electricity from Tilbury Power Station since the fire forced its closure in February.

The first of three units at the Essex plant is now operating again, with the other two not expected to return to service until next month at the earliest after fuel hoppers are refitted.

The blaze – which broke out in a hopper storing up to 6,000 tonnes of biomass fuel – was described by a local fire chief as among the…

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