Being developed by Suez Recycling and Recovery UK, the new waste treatment and biogas-to-energy facility is planned to be built in Shepperton, Surrey, England.
M+W Group was earlier selected by Suez to design and build the Eco Park adjacent to an existing community recycling center.
Under the contract, GE will be responsible for the supply of core Monsal process technology, training and plant commissioning.
The Monsal solution includes Re:Sep separation technology, the hydrolysis pasteurization digestion for full biological treatment of the waste, high chemical oxygen demand/volatile solids conversion to biogas and AmmCycle for the treatment of high-strength ammonia liquor.
Clarke Energy, GE’s authorized distributor of Jenbacher gas engines, will supply two low-NOx gas engines for the project, which is being developed on behalf of Surrey County Council.
The Eco Park will feature and combined heat to power plant and anaerobic digestion facility, which is designed to process 40,000t of food waste annually from households in Surrey.
Using anaerobic digestion system, the facility will convert the food waste into biogas, which will be used to fuel the two GE engines to generate up to 50% of the common limit for NOx and provide 2.4MW of electricity.
GE Power water and distributed power president and CEO Heiner Markhoff said: "GE is committed to helping municipal solid waste operators move towards energy neutrality, reduce their environmental footprint and meet regulations as more European countries introduce landfill bans on food waste."
The Eco Park also comprises a 55,000-tons-per-year gasification facility with pre-treatment, a recyclables bulking facility and a new visitors’ center.
The gasification system will convert municipal waste into partially renewable combustible gas for additional power production.
Image: Illustration of Eco Park waste-to-biogas project in the UK. Photo: courtesy of General Electric (GE).
