WRG proposes to build EfW at Newport
Waste management firm Waste Recycling Group has revealed its proposal to build an energy from waste plant for its Prosiect Gwyrdd waste PPP bid.
Currently in procurement, the project will eventually decide on a preferred bidder to provide five local authorities with a solution to deal with their waste over a 25-year period. The local authorities include Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, Caerphilly, Newport and Monmouthshire.
Although technology neutral, the project has cited processes which burn waste to create energy as possible solutions. (see MRW story)
WRG hopes to build the plant at chemical company Solutia UK’s headquarters in Newport. The waste management firm has entered into an exclusivity deal to use the land to generate electricity from residents’ waste. The EfW facility also has the potential to support a district heating scheme using the steam created when burning the waste.
Additionally, the plant may supply Solutia with electricity and steam once it is built.
A Solutia spokesman said: “Anything which helps reduce our operating costs in this difficult economic climate will also clearly contribute to the security of employment on the site. So, while it is still very early days, there are many good reasons for being excited about the potential of this project.”
WRG aims to submit a planning application in summer 2010 for the facility, which is expected to begin operating in 2014.
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