Sites secured for sustainable energy company

After lots of hard work, we recently secured two sites for a Lancashire-based renewable energy company to develop eco-friendly Energy from Waste (EfW) plants.

We have secured prime plots in Newport and Doncaster for BioGen Power to embark on its £600 million project to develop its advanced thermal treatment (ATT) technology that turns waste into energy across the country.

We have been retained as legal advisors on the site assembly and will also act on the acquisition of a further seven sites across England and Wales.

John Chesworth, managing partner at Harrison Drury, secured the 4 acre site at Newport Docks from Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest ports group, and the 4.25 plot in Doncaster from a private investor.

He said: “This is a major coup for Harrison Drury as BioGen Power is a big organisation with exciting plans, which tick all the right boxes relating to job creation, regeneration and using energy from waste that will drastically reduce the amount of rubbish sent to landfill. It has been a complex and drawn out process to complete the legal aspect of securing the sites but now that is complete its all systems go to get the two sites up and running by 2012.”

Chris Reeve, BioGen’s chief executive officer, added: “This is a major step forward for BioGen to start work on our ground-breaking technology that will help reduce landfill waste by converting it into a clean and sustainable energy source. These sites in Newport and Doncaster will be among the first in the country to operate our EfW technology, and with Harrison Drury’s help we aim to secure more plots to build and operate further plants in England and Wales.”