Standard content for Members only
To continue reading this article, please login to your Utility Week account, Start 14 day trial or Become a member.
If your organisation already has a corporate membership and you haven’t activated it simply follow the register link below. Check here.
Air Products has announced plans to begin construction of an energy from waste plant at the New Energy and Technology Business Park, near Billingham, Teesside.
The company said it had the necessary environmental and planning approvals, work has already begun to prepare the site and full-scale construction activities will begin ramping up in the coming weeks. The plant is scheduled to enter commercial operation in 2014.
The 50 MW plant will use gasification technology provided by Westinghouse, and the plant will be fuelled with 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste per year that would otherwise have gone to landfill.
The plant is expected to create up to 700 construction jobs and over 50 permanent jobs once operational.
“Advanced gasification has a key role to play in delivering renewable energy and I warmly welcome the decision by Air Products to proceed with its Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility,” said deputy prime minister Nick Clegg.
Please login or Register to leave a comment.