WHEELABRATOR’S 550,000 TONNE K3 WASTE TO ENERGY PLANT SECURES DECC CONTRACT FOR DIFFERENCE

Wheelabrator Technologies’ proposed 550,000 tonne per year K3 CHP waste to energy plant in Kent, UK has been awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD), a system under which low carbon generators are provided long-term revenue stabilisation, by the government’s Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC)

The company said that it is an important milestone for the project, which when built will provide a power to the grid and steam to the DS Smith paper mill at Kemsley in Kent.

“This allocation, along with the planning consent and environmental permit, make the K3 CHP Energy Recovery Facility a very real and deliverable project,” commented Paul Green, Wheelabrator Technologies’ director, business development.

“We expect construction work to begin later this year which will create hundreds of jobs and supply chain opportunities. Once K3 CHP is operational, it will supply large volumes of steam to DS Smith’s Kemsley paper mill and provide renewable electricity to the national grid,” he added.

The waste to energy facility was given planning permission by Kent County Council back in March 2012 and the Environment Agency awarded an Environmental Permit in 2011.

Wheelabrator expects construction of the facility to start in 2015 and the plant operations will begin during 2018.