A large scale energy-from-waste (EfW) plant is set to be developed in Bristol after its developer managed to secure planning permission for the facility.
Dorset-based New Earth Energy has been given the go-ahead from Bristol city council to build a 7.5MW gasification and pyrolysis plant.
It follows the announcement that US firm Covanta Energy plans to construct an EfW plant in Scotland, while The Confederation of British Industry recently claimed the UK could quadruple its EfW output by 2015.
Robert Asquith, New Earth Energy planning director, claimed the new plant will help reduce the amount of waste which is sent to the landfill.
He said: "This decision reinforces our underlying belief that pyrolysis and gasification are technologies that will significantly boost the UK's renewable energy offering."
The new plant is set to become fully operational in 2012, with the firm also hoping to build new plants in Kent and Dorset.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the energy-from-waste industry includes: elevators – bucket elevators – valves
