'Floating power barge' could come to Humber

PLAN INCLUDES SMALL NUCLEAR REACTOR

- By ANDREW SPENCE

AN international consortium has agreed to explore a transformational clean energy initiative on the Humber that could include a 'floating power barge' and a small nuclear reactor.

Chiltern Vital Group (CVG) - the owners of the Berkeley Science and Technology Park and partners in the Yorkshire Energy Park Freeport - and their international maritime and energy investment partners, Freepan Holdings Corp., have signed an agreement committing them to evaluating the feasibility of establishing a 'floating power barge' on the Humber Estuary near Saltend to generate electricity from liquid natural gas. If it goes ahead, it is hoped power could be produced by 2028.