Vinci Environment UK has been selected to design and build an energy from waste unit for AmeyCespa.

Taylor Woodrow will be responsible for overall site development and the civil engineering element of the facility in Allerton, North Yorkshire.

Vinci Environment will be responsible for designing and commissioning the processes.

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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 be able to provide power from renewables for some 40,000 households located near the site.

(CD/JP)