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The Ince Biomass plant is located at the Protos energy and resource hub in Ince, Cheshire. Marking it out as a credible front-runner in supporting the UK’s efforts to get BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage) up and running, low-carbon energy-from-waste wood company Evero has been selected to enter negotiations to potentially transform its Ince Biomass plant into the nation’s first such facility to run at commercial scale.
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Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management
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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
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Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
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