Energy park to research waste management

Peterborough Renewable Energy Limited (PREL), the company behind the development, said a research and development centre examining issues surrounding waste-to-energy technology will be established at the park, Peterborough Today reports.

There will be 109 employees at the plant, and at least 60 per cent will be graduates

Chris Williams

Managing Director

PREL

When completed, the £250 million energy park on the Fengate industrial area will be able to process 650,000 tonnes of rubbish each year, using it to generate enough electricity to power 60,000 homes.

Chris Williams, Managing Director of PREL, told the newspaper: "There will be 109 employees at the plant, and at least 60 per cent will be graduates, many of who will be working in the research and development centre, trying to improve the process and technology as much as possible.

He also said it is important for the park to have green credentials, with the plant using plasma technology which has never before used in UK before to incinerate biomass materials such as wood, plants and straw.

Recently, German-based energy company E.ON proposed building one of the largest biomass power stations in the UK at the port of Bristol, in a development which could power 200,000 homes.