ENERGOS has been appointed as technology provider to United Utilities and Interserve for a joint venture to build an advanced thermal conversion waste facility in Derbyshire.
The energy from waste plant is part of a proposed integrated waste treatment facility for Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council which have appointed the joint venture to build the facility and operate it for 27 years.
ENERGOS (www.energos.com), part of UK-based sustainable power group ENER-G, would supply its proven gasification technology which has a ten-year track record of safe operation in Norway and Germany and is now operating at the UK’s first gasification plant on the Isle of Wight.
Nick Dawber, managing director of ENERGOS, said: “Recycling is the backbone of any waste management strategy and the proposed Derbyshire gasification plant would only handle the leftover, residual waste that could not be processed through the facility’s recycling operation. This is a community-sized solution to responsibly dealing with local waste.”
Blair Marriott, Joint Venture Project Director added: “We are pleased to be working with ENERGOS which offers a world class, low emission technology and a proven reputation for excellence. Our proposed state-of-the-art waste management facility points the way forward for UK municipal solid waste management and is a viable and environmentally friendly alternative to landfill and incineration.”
ENERGOS uses its own patented gasification technology – an advanced thermal treatment process that converts residual, non recyclable waste into a gas by using the heat of partial combustion to liberate hydrocarbons. Complete oxidation of the gas in a finely controlled environment enables much tighter controls than can be achieved in conventional energy from waste plants – resulting in extremely low emissions. The heat produced is recovered to produce steam and electricity.
The proposed gasification plant will export some 8MW of green electricity from 140,000 tonnes of fuel produced from Derbyshire and Derby City’s residual waste. This is sufficient to power 14,000 homes.
The energy from waste facility would create 38 full-time jobs.
The ENERGOS gasification process is the first in the UK to qualify for Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs). The technology was pioneered in Norway where ENERGOS operates five community facilities in tandem with recycling operations and has a proven track record of extremely low emissions. A further plant in Germany brings the company’s total operating experience to 400,000 hours.
ENERGOS, which recently won a British Renewable Energy Award, will start construction of a further two 80,000 tonne plants in Norway and Irvine, Scotland, in 2009. The company has recently submitted a planning application to build a further facility in Knowsley, Merseyside. This would process 80,000 tonnes of residual waste, generating enough electricity for over 10,000 homes as well as producing heat for use by neighbouring industries.
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