JUDGEMENT day is looming for a highly controversial proposed power station for Southall.
A planning inquiry has taken final submissions over the facility, earmarked for the straight, which would use biofuels to power over 40,000 homes.
Last September, Ealing Council's planning committee shot down the proposal after massive protest from residents and councillors alike.
They claimed that if approved, the facility would worsen the already poor air quality and create a traffic nightmare which could put lives at risk.
Applicant Blue-NG said the scheme would provide power to more than 40,000 homes and refuted claims from eco-activists that it would damage both the local and global environment.
They added it was in line with Government guidelines on reducing carbon emissions.
Nic Ferriday, from Ealing Friends of the Earth, said "Blue-NG refused to accept any responsibility for the health impacts of the air pollution that the power station would cause.
"Blue-NG also refused to accept any condition on the sourcing of the biofuels that the power station would burn.
"This means that they could burn any fuel they wanted – for example palm oil grown on cleared tropical rainforest."
"To add insult to injury, Blue-NG attacked Ealing council and the democratic system by claiming costs from Ealing council.
"They argued that the democratically elected councillors had behaved "unreasonably" to oppose the power plant on the grounds of air pollution and health of local people."
Speaking on Wednesday, a spokesman for Blue-NG said: "We hope that the Secretary of State will decide that Blue-NG has a huge contribution to make to Ealing’s, London’s and the UK’s efforts to reduce the impact of climate change and add to the mix of renewables which will help to maintain our future energy supplies."
