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Nov 2021
New energy plant to be built at major Harrogate district employer
A new heat and power plant is to be built at a major Boroughbridge company in an effort to create “cost-effective” energy after plans were approved.
Reed Boardall, which stores and delivers frozen food to UK supermarkets, employs 800 staff at its site off Bar Lane and operates a fleet of 196 vehicles 24 hours a day.
The company submitted plans for a combined heat and power plant, which would be built on its site and generate electricity.
Now, Harrogate Borough Council has given permission for the plant to go-ahead.
According to documents lodged with the borough council, the plant would work by “igniting air and natural gas to produce hot, high-pressure gases”.
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The gas would then be fed through a turbine to drive an electrical generator and produce electricity.
Andrew Baldwin, managing director of Reed Boardall’s cold storage division, told the Stray Ferret previously:
A drawing of the energy plant at Reed Boardall as submitted to Harrogate Borough Council.
The company added that the energy would be used to power its headquarters in Boroughbridge. Any excess energy would be exported back to the local electricity network.
Construction of the plant is expected to take place over three months.
Once up and running, the plant would run for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. However, it would be unmanned and operated remotely.
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