RESIDENTS will be able to have their say on plans to make a Newport power station greener.

A pre-application consultation on Uskmouth Power Station will start on Monday, June 1, and will run until June 29.

The owner and operator of the power station, SIMEC Atlantis Energy, said the plans include upgrading the current power station, adding another building to the site, and extending the rail unloading facility to allow for fuel pellets to be offloaded by rail.

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The company has already applied for an environmental permit to convert the coal-fired facility to run on waste pellets.

The waste pellets would be composed of about 50 per cent plastic and 50 per cent material such as paper, cardboard and wood.

However, the application won’t be without opposition.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has already held a consultation on the plans and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) has said they have submitted two objections.

CPRW is a charity that aims to secure the protection and improvement of the countryside in Wales.

In their objection CPRW said: “The entire idea of reopening a power station as an Energy from Waste incinerator on this site is misconceived.”

They said: “It is pointless to close coal-fired power stations to save us from global warming if we then reopen them using fuel which emits even more carbon.”

“Why should waste generated in many other parts of the UK be transported to Newport and effectively disposed of by being transmitted as an aerosol along the Severn Estuary in SE Wales?

“Simply because most of these pollutants cannot be seen by the naked eye does not mean that they have disappeared.”

For more information or to view the pre-application documents visit simecatlantis.com/uskmouth-power-station-planning-application/