CORNISH WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY AWARDS CONTROLS SYSTEMS ORDER TO YOKOGAWA

Yokogawa France S.A.S., a subsidiary of Japanese electrical engineering and software company, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, has won an order from VINCI Environment UK to supply control and safety instrumented systems for SITA’s 240,000 tonne per year waste to energy facility that is being built in Cornwall

The Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre is being built in St. Dennis, which is located in the centre of the county of Cornwall and is scheduled to start operation in 2016.

Yokogawa explained that it will supply controls for the waste to energy facility’s boilers and all auxiliary facilities at the plant. These include the CENTUM® VP integrated production control system and the ProSafe®-RS safety instrumented system.

In addition to being responsible for the engineering of the facility's automation systems, Yokogawa said that it will support both the installation and commissioning of the systems. In this capacity it will work closely with VINCI Environment UK, which is the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company for this project.

VINCI Environnement has previously used Yokogawa technology at the VERNEA waste to energy facility in central France, also operated by SITA.

Yokogawa added that it has delivered more than 140 control systems for waste treatment facilities in Japan and other countries. The Cornwall project is its fourth control system order for a waste to energy facility in the U.K.

The company said that it aims to expand its waste treatment facility control business worldwide, with a focus on Europe.