Gateshead Energy Centre will initially provide power for nine buildings containing apartments and offices in the Gateshead Centre and Gateshead Quays developments. The facility will be built in a way that allows expansion as further development takes place in the area, pushing up local energy demand.
鶹 work will begin in summer 2015 with power starting to be produced by the end of 2016.
Balfour Beatty regional managing director Eddie Tribe said: “We will provide an integrated civils and engineering capability to deliver a facility which produces cheap and low carbon electricity for its customers. We’re looking forward to working together with the local community in Gateshead to deliver a scheme which will offer work and educational opportunities throughout its construction.”