Work starts on £35m East Yorkshire green energy plant site

The new biomass plant is expected to open next year

Work has started on the site of a £35m biomass plant in an East Yorkshire village.

The site near Tansterne, will produce enough electricity to power 11,000 homes and is expected to open in 2017.

Mark Wickham, managing director of HRS Energy, which will build the plant, said the scheme could create up to 40 new jobs.

Some villagers had objected to the development, which was granted final planning permission last month.

HRS Energy said preparatory building work had begun on an access road, with the construction of the plant starting in five to six months.

Sandra Bulless, who runs a local fishing centre said she was "enraged" about the impact the new plant could have on the value of her home and business.

"We tried everything within our power to stop it but unfortunately the council let it go ahead," she said.

"So there is nothing we can do about it but live with it."

Mr Wickham said the new plant would be the first one built in the UK using British technology and, unlike other power stations, would use recycled wood as its fuel.

"This project secures the future of a lot of jobs in Hull and this technology will be exported worldwide, to the US, Mexico and we have a lot of interest."