SmartestEnergy offtakes power from 42 MW Newhurst Energy-from-Waste Project in Leicestershire

Under the 15-year PPA secured after a highly competitive tender process, SmartestEnergy will buy the electricity generated by the new Newhurst Energy-from-Waste ('EfW') facility in Leicestershire, in UK.

The facility, which supports the Government's drive to reduce reliance on landfill and treat more non-recyclable waste at home, will provide 350,000 tonnes of treatment capacity a year for non-recyclable waste and will also generate up to 42 megawatts of electricity, enough to power around 80,000 homes.

The Newhurst facility is one of two Energy from Waste projects currently being proposed by Biffa, Covanta and GIG.