Energos, a subsidiary of the UK-based sustainable power group Ener-G, has been appointed as the gasification technology provider to United Utilities and Interserve for a joint venture to build an advanced thermal conversion waste facility in Derbyshire, UK.
According to the company, the energy-from-waste plant is part of a proposed integrated waste treatment facility for the Derbyshire County Council and the Derby City Council which have appointed the joint venture to build the facility and operate it for 27 years.
Energos uses its proprietary gasification technology, an advanced thermal treatment process that converts residual, non-recyclable waste into a gas by using the heat of partial combustion to liberate hydrocarbons.
Complete oxidation of the gas in a finely controlled environment enables much tighter controls than can be achieved in conventional energy from waste plants, resulting in extremely low emissions. The heat produced is recovered to produce steam and electricity, claims the company.
The proposed gasification plant will produce some 8MW of green electricity from 140,000 tonnes of fuel produced from Derbyshire and Derby City’s residual waste.
Nick Dawber, managing director of Energos, said: Recycling is the key of any waste management strategy and the proposed Derbyshire gasification plant would only handle the leftover, residual waste that could not be processed through the facility’s recycling operation. This is a community-sized service to responsibly dealing with local waste.
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