FCC Environment, the U.K. subsidiary of the Madrid-based global environmental services company FCC, has announced the opening of an energy-from-waste (EfW) facility in the United Kingdom.
The EnviRecover EfW facility is the flagship waste treatment facility in Worcestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council and has the capacity to process 200,000 tonnes of materials per year, which will produce 15.5 megawatts of electricity.
Mercia Waste Management, a partnership 50% owned by FCC Environment, managed the design and build process of the facility. This is FCC’s ninth operational EfW facility. Built on time and to specification, the facility took 33 months to construct with the first materials being delivered to the facility for commissioning in October 2016.
EnviRecover is located on the Hartlebury Trading Estate near Kidderminster, Worcestershire, in the United Kingdom. The facility will complement Worcestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council's other waste and recycling facilities, such as EnviroSort at Norton, according to the company.
The EfW facility is the largest single piece of capital infrastructure in Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
FCC Group CEO Carlos M Jarque says, “This plant brings important environmental benefits, both through the virtual elimination of landfill in these counties and through electricity generation. With the capacity to provide the grid with 15.5 megawatts of electricity every year from 200,000 tonnes of waste this is sufficient to power all the homes in Kidderminster.”
Antonio Alfonso, managing director, head of FCC Environment’s International Division, add, “This facility will generate renewable energy from nonrecyclable household and business waste, highlighting our commitment to delivering sustainable waste solutions. We have a growing portfolio of energy from waste facilities in the U.K., and this announcement follows the opening of our facility in Buckinghamshire last year, and the start of work on our Energy Recovery Centre in Edinburgh and Midlothian. We are recognised as a trusted global supplier to municipalities that delivers these types of plants on time and on budget, making an important difference to the local citizens.”
Severn Waste Services is the public face of municipal waste management in Worcestershire and Herefordshire, operating facilities for its sister company, Mercia Waste Management. The partnership signed an initial 25-year contract with Worcestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council in December 1998. This contract brought an integrated waste management service to the two counties, leading to the more sustainable management of municipal waste. Severn Waste Services and Mercia Waste Management are 50% owned by FCC Environment.
The EnviRecover EfW facility is the flagship waste treatment facility in Worcestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council and has the capacity to process 200,000 tonnes of materials per year, which will produce 15.5 megawatts of electricity.
Mercia Waste Management, a partnership 50% owned by FCC Environment, managed the design and build process of the facility. This is FCC’s ninth operational EfW facility. Built on time and to specification, the facility took 33 months to construct with the first materials being delivered to the facility for commissioning in October 2016.
EnviRecover is located on the Hartlebury Trading Estate near Kidderminster, Worcestershire, in the United Kingdom. The facility will complement Worcestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council's other waste and recycling facilities, such as EnviroSort at Norton, according to the company.
The EfW facility is the largest single piece of capital infrastructure in Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
FCC Group CEO Carlos M Jarque says, “This plant brings important environmental benefits, both through the virtual elimination of landfill in these counties and through electricity generation. With the capacity to provide the grid with 15.5 megawatts of electricity every year from 200,000 tonnes of waste this is sufficient to power all the homes in Kidderminster.”
Antonio Alfonso, managing director, head of FCC Environment’s International Division, add, “This facility will generate renewable energy from nonrecyclable household and business waste, highlighting our commitment to delivering sustainable waste solutions. We have a growing portfolio of energy from waste facilities in the U.K., and this announcement follows the opening of our facility in Buckinghamshire last year, and the start of work on our Energy Recovery Centre in Edinburgh and Midlothian. We are recognised as a trusted global supplier to municipalities that delivers these types of plants on time and on budget, making an important difference to the local citizens.”
Severn Waste Services is the public face of municipal waste management in Worcestershire and Herefordshire, operating facilities for its sister company, Mercia Waste Management. The partnership signed an initial 25-year contract with Worcestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council in December 1998. This contract brought an integrated waste management service to the two counties, leading to the more sustainable management of municipal waste. Severn Waste Services and Mercia Waste Management are 50% owned by FCC Environment.
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