RAIL freight operators look set to benefit from a new alternative fuel plant being built at AV Dawson's port facility in Middlesbrough.
Waste Knot Energy has chosen the rail-connected site as the location ofits first fuel pelleting plant, which will transform non-recyclable waste - otherwise destined for landfill - into a low-emission bulk alternative to coal and pet-coke for industries such as cement and steel.
Once complete, the plant is expected to manufacture in excess of 240,000 tonnes of fuel pellets per year, which will be transported by rail to customers in the UK or exported by sea from a nearby quay.