The 50:50 joint venture expects to begin construction of a 68MW multifuel facility by the end of this year and complete the project by early 2015.
Construction will be undertaken by Hitachi Zosen Inova, and the facility will use a range of waste-derived fuels to generate electricity and heat, for which consent was received from the Department of Energy and Climate Change in October 2011.
Once commissioned, the electricity generated by the plant will be sold to SSE.
MFE has also entered into a long-term fuel procurement contract with 3SE, SSE’s joint venture with Shanks, which will provide processed waste-derived fuels using waste taken from nearby Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster councils.
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