AssetGen Partners, a specialised investment fund, has signed a contract with Bouygues Energies & Services for the turnkey construction of a waste-to- energy gasification plant in the Hertfordshire town of Hoddesdon, in the United Kingdom. Under the terms of the deal, which is worth roughly £82 million (approximately €110 million), Bouygues Energies & Services will be responsible for the engineering and construction of this 10 MWe facility and procurement of equipment. This will be followed by operation and maintenance for a period of ten years.
The gasification plant will generate 41.6 MW thermal, which — once converted through a steam turbine generator — will deliver 10 MWe. This represents a yearly net export of green electricity to the grid of 76,000
MWh — enough energy to meet the annual demand of roughly 7,000 homes.
According to Bouygues Energies & Services, this will be the largest waste-to-energy gasification plant in the United Kingdom.
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his contract once again confirms Bouygues Energies & Services’ capacity to deliver a large, complex industrial project in the energy infrastructure sector,” said Jean-Christophe Perraud, CEO of Bouygues Energies & Services, remarked. “Furthermore, this project will work towards achieving energy independence in the United Kingdom via the production of a local source of energy.”
The facility will contribute to UK waste management by reducing volumes sent to landfill. Over 90,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel sourced from local commercial and industrial sectors will be supplied by two of the country’s leading specialists in waste.
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works, which will involve 110 employees at peak periods, will begin in July 2015, with handover scheduled for 2017. The operation and maintenance contract will then create 17 full-time jobs, mostly recruited locally. Bouygues Energies & Services will provide a turnkey solution based on proven technology developed by Biomass Power Limited.