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Green light for £300m Ferrybridge power station

Source: http://www.bqlive.co.uk/

Multifuel Energy Ltd (MEL) has been given the green light by the secretary of state for the development of the Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) project in West Yorkshire.MEL is a joint venture between SSE and Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. The power station aims to produce around 70 MW of electricity, enough to power around 160,000 homes.Overall, the £300m development is expected to create around 500 construction jobs, 40 full-time operational jobs and boost the local economy by £10m over the three year construction phase.The project will be located on land next to the newly constructed Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 (FM1) project, which entered commercial operations earlier this year.