Geminor named as supplier to UK WTE plant

Norway-based Geminor says it has signed a 25-year contract with waste and environmental services firm Amey to supply a maximum of 50,000 metric tons of waste per year to Amey’s Allerton Waste Recovery Park in North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.

The waste-to-energy (WTE) facility, which opened in the first half of 2018, can convert up to 320,000 metric tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) per year into up to 28 megawatt hours of electricity. The contract now calls for Geminor to provide more than 20 percent of that MSW feedstock.

Working in partnership with North Yorkshire County Council and the City of York Council, Allerton Waste Recovery Park has been built with the goal of reducing household waste sent to landfills by 90 percent. Amey will operate the facility on behalf of both of those councils for the next 25 years.

“With the help of Geminor, we are diverting waste away from landfill and, instead of it being exported, it is now being treated to produce sustainable energy in the U.K.,” says Jon Callaghan, Amey’s business director. He adds, “Geminor was chosen as our new supplier due to the company’s extensive supply network and logistics provision. Council targets mean that we must divert biodegradable waste from landfill, which makes this new facility an instrumental part of waste management infrastructure.”

Simon Lowe, a senior project manager for Geminor, comments, “It will be a pleasure to work with Amey, given its reputation and expertise. We distribute RDF [refuse-derived fuel] to a large number of facilities across Europe [and] we take great pleasure in providing fuel for local off-takers.”

Geminor holds supply contracts with more than 70 waste-to-energy facilities in Europe and is budgeting to manage 1.4 million metric tons of waste material in 2018.