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Devon County Council and a local operating waste management company have come to an agreement to build Exeter’s first Energy from Waste (EfW) plant. The plant will have a capacity to divert and treat 60,000 tonnes of Devon’s residual municipal waste.
This small scale thermal waste to energy facility will require an investment of £45.6m and will assist Devon in achieving its landfill diversion targets and maximise the associated renewal energy generation.
A French company specialised in building energy from waste plants will build and also operate it during the initial 5 years under a contract arrangement with the local waste management company. Thereafter, the waste management company will operate the plant.
According to the council, the plant will be built at the site of the former Exeter Incinerator on the Marsh Barton Trading Estate in Exeter. It will generate 3 MW of electricity for export to the National Grid with the possibility of exporting heat as well if a district heating network is established on the Marsh Barton estate.
Councillor Roger Croad, the Cabinet Member for Environment and Community said:
“I am delighted we are going ahead with this facility, which will deal with the remainder of the waste after recycling and composting has taken place. It will complement our existing services and eliminate the risk of being fined for non-compliance with the Landfill Directive.”
Devon County Councils approval of its first waste to energy plant is an important step for the county to work within the landfill allowance targets set by the government. Devon’s initiative should be copied by other counties and be associated with other waste management solutions to speed up the process of moving Britain towards the dreamed zero waste society.
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