Dalkia BioEnergy has appointed Astute Technical Recruitment to recruit all staff for its new biomass plant at Chilton near Durham.

The plant, a £40m build, is due to become operational in Q1 2011.

Astute’s managing director, Terry Buckel, says: “We’re delighted to be supporting Dalika BioEnergy on the Chilton biomass project. We’ve demonstrated recently with Cory’s Riverside Energy from Waste project that we’re skilled at crewing-up major new power plants. We’re full steam ahead, sourcing a range of mechanical, electrical, and controls and instrumentation engineers, operators and technicians.”