Greentech Lead London: Waste2Tricity (W2T) has announced a Concept Design Study for the development of an advanced waste-to-energy plant that has the potential to recycle up to 10 million tons of feedstock waste per year in the U.K.
Peel Environmental will provide the property solution for the facility, which will convert approximately 100,000 tons a year of feedstock – residual household or commercial and industrial waste – to low carbon electricity.
The 100,000 tons a year model will meet the localism agenda – using locally derived feedstock to supply electricity to local homes and businesses, according to Peter Jones, chairman of W2T. The company believes there is potential market in the U.K for up to 100 units of this size—making the total recycling capacity to 10 million tons per year.
The project will use Westinghouse plasma assisted gasification from Alter NRG, to convert waste sourced from several suppliers including Energy Gap Ltd. Alter NRG is providing a discounted technology license for the Project in exchange for an option to take a minority investment.
W2T, in conjunction with its engineer AMEC and consultant Foster Wheeler, is working with partners to draw up plans for the 13.6MW plant, which will produce nearly 109,000 MW hours of low carbon electricity a year – enough to power around 24,000 homes.
The Project will utilize internal combustion engines, but W2T expects it to also demonstrate AFC Energy’s alkaline fuel cells, as they become commercially available. The equivalent fuel cell plant will export an additional 43 percent of electricity from the same amount of feedstock.
Earlier in November Waste2Tricity announced that Ervington Investments has acquired a 10 percent stake in the share capital of Waste2Tricity.