Switzerland-headed greentech major Kanadevia Inova AG (formerly Hitachi Zosen Inova) has announced that it has signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with Medworth CHP Ltd, a subsidiary of UK-based MVV Environment Ltd, in turn part of Germany-headed energy utility MVV Energie AG, for a new energy-from-waste (EfW) facility in Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.
The new waste-fired combined heat and power (CHP) enabled facility will be a highly efficient two-line facility, capable of treating up to 625,600 tonnes of non-recyclable (residual) waste annually.
This project will also help the wider East of England region to significantly reduce its historically high reliance on landfilling residual waste – the least sustainable form of waste management.
The Medworth Energy from Waste CHP Facility will be the 22nd project in the UK for Kanadevia Inova, and it will also be the first project Kanadevia Inova has delivered for MVV Environment.
The Kanadevia Inova team is proud to have signed an EPC contract with MVV, and our engineering and construction teams have started their design and preparatory work. This new and highly efficient facility will safely and efficiently treat around 625,600 tonnes of non-recyclable waste each year. This not only generates vital baseload energy to power homes and businesses, but it also diverts valuable residual waste away from landfill, said Fabio Dinale, EVP of Business Development at Kanadevia Inova.
The state-of-the-art Medworth facility will generate over 50MWe of electricity. In addition, the facility will be capable of supplying up to 49MWth of heat.
This can be utilised by nearby industrial customers, significantly reducing their operational carbon footprint over the long-term. Any surplus electricity produced will be exported to the National Grid network.
After several years of development, we are starting our Medworth project with design and preparatory works. These include vegetation clearance and preparatory construction work in the next few months, whilst, in parallel, satisfying the relevant planning conditions, said Paul Carey, Managing Director of MVV Environment.
