Vital Energi sets to build 18 MW Drakelow energy-from -waste plant in Burton
Vital Energi has signed a major contract to develop an energy-from-waste facility near Burton Upon Trent, that is set to contribute to greening the grid by generating 18MWe of electricity from non-recyclable Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF).
The Drakelow Energy from Waste plant has been designed by the Vital Energi team and will be built, owned and operated by the Vital Energi Group. In addition to generating 18MWe of low-carbon electricity, the facility will also make a valuable contribution to diverting waste from landfills with the capability of processing 169,000 tonnes of non-recyclable Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) each year.
Vital Energi is investing its own technical and financial resources into this facility with the balance of the investment being provided from external funding sources.
The RDF used in the gasification process is to be supplied solely by Irish-owned waste management company Beauparc Group.
Squire Patton Boggs has provided legal support for all aspects of the transaction from the outset to the financial close. The Royal Haskoning as the technical adviser on the project. Future Earth Energy (FEE) is the developer of the scheme who set up and owned “ProjectCo” and procured the planning permission, environmental permit, land option, grid connection and the fuel supplier for the Drakelow facility.
Country updates
-
-
February 27, 2020
Acquisition of transmission link for 353MW wind project in UK completed
Diamond Transmission Partners (DTP), a consortium comprising HICL and Diamond Transmission Corporation Limited (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation), has completed the acquisition of the transmissi...
Read more -
February 26, 2020
Diamond Transmission Partners selected as PB for Hornsea One's transmission project
The Office of Gas and Electricity Market (Ofgem) of the UK has selected the Diamond Transmission Partners as preferred bidder to operate the Hornsea Project One Offshore Wind Farm...
Read more -
February 25, 2020
Pivot Power places order with Wärtsilä for 100 MW of energy storage in Oxford and Kent
Pivot Power, an EDF Renewables company specializing in battery storage and infrastructure for electric vehicle charging, has placed an order with technology group Wärtsilä to deliver 100 MW...
Read more -
February 21, 2020
SSE divests 100% ownership share in 18.8 MW Slieve Divena II wind farm in County Tyrone
SSE Renewables has agreed to sell its 100 percent interest in the 18.8 MW Slieve Divena II Wind Farm in Northern Ireland to Greencoat UK Wind for a total consideration of GBP51 million (US$65.7 millio...
Read more -
February 20, 2020
Hitachi Zosen completes construction of 70 MW Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 Energy-from-Waste (EfW) project in West Yorkshire
The new Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility, located next to its sister plant FM1 in West Yorkshire, has entered full commercial operation. FM2 is capable of handling up to...
Read more
