Pounds 2m waste-to-energy plant brings 250 jobs
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority, Sita UK and Sembcorp UK have announced plans to develop a Pounds 200m facility at Wilton International to turn Merseyside's household waste into green energy.
Called Wilton 11, the proposed development will create 50 permanent new jobs and sustain around 200 more during the three- year construction of the new facility, which, once in operation, will manage more than 430,000 tonnes of non-hazardous household waste each year from Merseyside and Halton.
The news comes a day after Teesside suffered a major blow with Sabic UK announcing the loss of 110 jobs at its Redcar operation.
As details of the development were unveiled, Professor Stan Higgins, chief executive of the North East Process Industry Cluster (Nepic), said: "This is fantastic news for Sembcorp and its partners.
"Wilton 11 recovering energy from waste is hugely encouraging for Teesside, highlighting the region's industrial infrastructure and engineering capabilities which are so important in the delivery of such a project.
"This project comes with a 30-year contract providing steady jobs on Teesside, not only for the 50 direct employees at Wilton 11 but also the support functions involved in running all aspects of a business on Teesside internally and via the supply chain."
The contract is worth Pounds 1.18bn over 30 years with the Merseyside and Halton Waste Partnership; joint venture partners are Sita UK, Sembcorp Utilities UK and I-Environment, which is a subsidiary of Itochu Corporation.
Two key facilities are to be built - a rail-loading waste transfer station in Merseyside and the new energy-from-waste facility on Teesside, both of which have planning permission and expect to be up and running by 2016.
Waste will be transferred into enclosed containers on Merseyside and arrive at Wilton International by rail, where it will be processed to generate electricity for the equivalent of 63,000 homes.
In all, some 90% of the contract waste managed by the Sita Sembcorp UK consortium will be used to produce energy instead of being dumped in landfill sites - a saving of some 130,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.
David Palmer-Jones, chief executive officer of Sita UK, said: "The two new facilities that we will develop will enable all of Merseyside's household waste to be put to good use." Dr Douglas Annan, senior vice-president and site director of Sembcorp Utilities UK, added: "As well as creating jobs and bringing new investment to the area, Wilton 11 will produce electricity using a sustainable fuel source, reuse materials preventing them going to landfill and provide renewably-sourced heat for use in power generation or for distribution to our industrial customers on site."
Wilton 11 is hugely encouraging for Teesside, highlighting the region's engineering capabilities
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