Wales welcomes waste to energy projects
US waste to energy project operator Covanta Energy plans to construct a 70MW power plant in Merthyr, Wales, UK, which will use waste as fuel.
The project will consume approximately 825,000 tonnes of waste per year and is expected to commence operations in 2014.
The estimated cost of the plant is approximately $570 million (€440 million), and the project will be financed, built, owned and operated by Covanta Energy.
Covanta Energy is also expanding its investments in biomass projects across the US. In December 2008, the company announced that it had completed acquisition of two biomass energy facilities in Maine. The two facilities, located in West Enfield and Jonesboro, have a combined capacity of 49MW.
In related news two other waste to energy plants have been planned in
Cardiff, Wales.
Prosiect Gwyrdd, a joint initiative between five south Wales councils that will look at energy from municipal waste, is to receive extra government funding of up to £7.8 million (€8.6 million) in a full year of operation.
'By 2010, no more than 75% of the amount of biodegradable municipal waste produced in 1995 can be land filled. By 2013 only 50% can be land filled,' Welsh Environment, Sustainability & Housing Minister Jane Davidson says.
The project will consume approximately 825,000 tonnes of waste per year and is expected to commence operations in 2014.
The estimated cost of the plant is approximately $570 million (€440 million), and the project will be financed, built, owned and operated by Covanta Energy.
Covanta Energy is also expanding its investments in biomass projects across the US. In December 2008, the company announced that it had completed acquisition of two biomass energy facilities in Maine. The two facilities, located in West Enfield and Jonesboro, have a combined capacity of 49MW.
In related news two other waste to energy plants have been planned in
Cardiff, Wales.
Prosiect Gwyrdd, a joint initiative between five south Wales councils that will look at energy from municipal waste, is to receive extra government funding of up to £7.8 million (€8.6 million) in a full year of operation.
'By 2010, no more than 75% of the amount of biodegradable municipal waste produced in 1995 can be land filled. By 2013 only 50% can be land filled,' Welsh Environment, Sustainability & Housing Minister Jane Davidson says.
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