Ely Power Station
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Ely Power Station
Image: © Hugh Venables Taken: 7 Mar 2015
Straw and miscanthus burning power station on the former Mepal Airfield, producing 38MW of electricity. Overall biomass provides 1GW to the national grid, but that includes burning imported wood rather than a by-product of the arable farming prevalent in the area.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.398155
Longitude
0.131358