Mar 12, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Stobart Group signs third major biomass supply contract in four months. This contract in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, with Brite Partnership (North East) Limited will see the Group supply and transport 5.2m tonnes of waste wood to a 40MWe biomass plant over the term of the contract, and starts in 2017, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

This latest agreement gives clear visibility of the biomass tonnage the Group will be supplying by 2017 of 1.75m p.a. against our target of 2m, with further projects in the pipeline.

Richard Butcher, CEO Stobart Energy & Infrastructure, commented: "This agreement means that in the last four months alone we have secured additional supply volumes for the Stobart Energy division totalling some 750,000 tonnes per annum from 2017 onwards through three long-term, index-linked contracts. We continue to strengthen our market leading position in the biomass supply market and are encouraged by the momentum in this business. The Group has quickly established itself as the fuel supplier of choice in the rapidly developing biomass power market."