50 MW Plasma Gasification Facility to Treat Waste in Tees Valley – expected to divert up to 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste from landfill per year

August 18, 2012
Allentown, Pennsylvania based gas processing technology developer, Air Products (NYSE: APD) is to build and operate a 50 MW advanced gasification waste to energy facility in Tees Valley, UK.

The company claimed that the plant, located at the New Energy and Technology Business Park, near Billingham, Teesside, will be the first of its kind in the UK, and the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. 

According to Air Products the facility has good access and connectivity to the local and national electrical distribution infrastructure and is in close proximity to landfill disposal facilities. 

It is expected to divert up to 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste from landfill per year – helping to meet the UK’s waste diversion targets. 

Longer term, the company said that the plant would have the potential to generate a renewable source of hydrogen for commercial use, for example to fuel public transport. It could also be used to increase the facility’s efficiency with the use of fuel cells. (See WMW story: Fuel Cell Technology: Gasification Game Changer?)

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