Planning permission granted for USD414 million Energy-from-waste facility in UK
Low Carbon, in partnership with PMAC Energy, announced that planning consent has been granted for its state-of-the-art waste to energy facility: the Redcar Energy Centre.
Set for completion in 2025, the Redcar Energy Centre will divert between 350,000 and 450,000 tonnes per annum of refuse away from UK landfill. It will generate up to 49.9MW of low-carbon electricity for the local grid – enough to power over 100,000 homes – and deliver more than GBP300 million (USD414.86 million) of inward investment to the region.
The planning permission includes consent for the development of a Materials Recovery Facility adjacent to the Energy Centre. The Materials Recovery Facility will have the ability to process and recycle up to 200,000 tonnes of municipal, commercial and industrial waste each year, extracting valuable metals for recovery.
Occupying a 25-acre brownfield site within the Redcar Bulk Terminal (RBT) on the River Tees, the project will benefit from the existing strong road, rail and port links which means the centre can participate in both UK and European waste-derived fuel markets.
In line with its ambitions to be a greener, more efficient and lower cost solution to landfill and export, it will also offer zero emission energy from waste in partnership with the Net Zero Teeside Carbon Capture project which is located next door to the site.
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