Vinci Environment UK has scooped the AmeyCespa contract to build the energy-from-waste unit in Allerton.

The 50/50 joint venture (JV) between Vinci Construction UK and Vinci Environnement, is part of the future multi-process waste centre of the County of North Yorkshire and City of York.

The design-build contract covers the energy from waste unit and related buildings. Taylor Woodrow will handle overall site development and civil engineering for the buildings. VINCI Environnement will be responsible for designing and commissioning the processes. Construction of the Allerton plant will get under way in February 2015 and the facility is expected to be fully operational in 2018.

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Residual household waste received at Allerton Park will first be mechanically sorted. Some of the waste will then be anaerobically digested to recover energy in the form of biogas. The remainder, about 320,000 tonnes per year, will be incinerated in two lines, each with a capacity of 20 tonnes per hour, to generate 25 MW of electricity for export to the grid. The plant will thus be able to provide power from renewables for some 40,000 households located near the site.

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