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100 hectares and attracting funding from
Natural England.
The initiative is part of WRG’s drive to ex-
pand the generation of renewable energy
and maximise the use of its existing was-
te treatment facilities and expertise. Next
year will see an additional 100 hectares
(the equivalent of approximately 200 soc-
cer felds) planted at operational and closed
landfll sites across the UK.
WRG is believed to be the frst waste ma-
nagement business of its kind to undertake
an energy crop initiative of this scale, and
plans to sell the harvested crops to Drax
Power Station, at Selby, Yorkshire, as a bio-
mass fuel.
In another renewable energy diversifca-
tion, WRG is developing a number of small
anaerobic digesters fed exclusively with
energy crops such as corn. The crops will
be grown on the WRG landbank and will
supply electricity to WRG facilities with the
surplus sold to the national grid. The frst of
these developments will be in Oxfordshire.
The development of Energy from Waste
(EfW) activity remains a priority for WRG.
Construction started in May on a new
enery-from-waste facility for Lincolnshire
County Council. WRG is responsible for the
design, build and operation of the 150,000
tonnes per annum (tpa) facility which will
supply 11 megawatts of electricity to the
National Grid by the end of 2013.
In addition, work is due to start later this
year on the installation of a third operating
line at WRG’s Eastcroft EfW at Nottingham,
which will enable an additional 100,000 tpa
to be processed, raising the facility’s total
capacity to 260,000 tpa.
WRG has also been awarded preferred
bidder status by Buckinghamshire County
Council for the development of a 300,000
tpa energy-from-waste facility at Greatmo-
or, near Calvert, in the northern part of the
county.
WRG is also the preferred bidder for North
Lincolnshire Council’s 27-year waste con-
tract. The contract will treat up to 1.5 million
tonnes of residual household waste over its
lifetime. In partnership with cement-maker
CEMEX UK, WRG will use Mechanical Bio-
logical Treatment (MBT) to convert waste
into Climafuel®, an alternative fuel develo-
ped by CEMEX for use at their cement kilns
at South Ferriby, Lincolnshire. Climafuel® is
a sustainable alternative to traditional fossil
fuels such as coal.
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“The last 18 months have seen FCC’s UK business at the forefront of developing a
range of new ideas and approaches geared towards delivering long-term sustainability
and commercial advantage,” said Paul Taylor, Chief Executive of FCC’s UK operations.
“That’s good for WRG, good for our customers and their own stakeholders, and good
for the environment.”
Paul added: “There’s no doubt that extracting maximum value from waste, through
recycling or recovery, is the way forward and I’m immensely proud of the initiative and
innovation that has been displayed by our teams across the UK business in delivering
such progress and prospects in such a relatively short time.
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