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ABP seeks judicial review of Immingham plan
[ December 5, 2014 // Chris ]ABP is seeking a judicial review of the Secretary of State for Transport’s decision to grant a Development Consent Order for the Able Marine Energy Park on the South Bank of the Humber at Killingholme. The port operator says that it would allow the compulsory purchase of the Port of Immingham’s last remaining undeveloped land with access to deep water which it wants to develop into a major fuel product import facility, the Immingham Western Deepwater Jetty (IWDJ).
It also said that Able had not sought a compromise preferring instead to adopt an “all or nothing” approach and the failure of the Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament to failed to consider both sides of the argument.
It added that Able had publicly acknowledged that the its development is far bigger than is necessary to handle the market for offshore wind manufacturing that was hoped for at the time.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Humber, ABP Hull has officially opened its dedicated biomass terminal, built to support Drax Power Station’s conversion to low carbon power generation.
ABP will handle up to one million tonnes of biomass per year in Hull as part of a 15-year agreement with Drax, with material received from North America and Europe moved to the power station by rail.