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10 B IRT L EY GALVAN IZIN G | OUR PROJ EC T S EASYJET In June 2016 Birtley Galvanizing were approached by metal fabricator Rubb to fulfil a project for Easyjet. Based at Gatwick airport, Easyjet required the build of a new service hangar to allow aircraft to undergo maintenance in an controlled environment while at the airport. Birtley Galvanizing took the fabricated frame of the building and put it through the galvanizing process. This is the first hangar of this type and Rubb expect Easyjet to see an increased benefit in service schedules and for more hangars of this type to be built and deployed in airports around the UK. LYNEMOUTH BIOMASS PLANT Birtley Groups Galvanizing division has supplied a number of North East Fabricators for the new Lynemouth Biomass project. The old coal fired plant is being converted into a Biomass fuelled power plant in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thus supporting the UK government’s climate change targets. The biomass power station is expected to produce 2.3TWh of low carbon electricity that will be sufficient to power approximately 700,000 homes and is set for completion in early 2018.