The company said yesterday it hopes to construct a new incinerator at Rufford Colliery, near Rainworth, to be operational in 2012.
 The Rufford Colliery site (centre of picture) has been chosen for the incinerator project for its good transport links |
The plant would be capable of dealing with about 180,000 tonnes of residual waste every year – about 35% of the household waste produced in Nottinghamshire. The plant would recover energy from the waste processed to generate 15MW of electrical energy – the equivalent of enough electricity to power 15,000 homes.
Veolia signed its 26-year Private Finance Initiative-backed integrated waste contract with Nottinghamshire last month (see letsrecycle.com story).
The 850 million contract requires Veolia to increase county recycling rates from the current 31% rate up to 52%, with the incinerator to be used for waste left over from recycling and composting.
Veolia said the Rufford Colliery site had been selected after a number of locations were considered. The site was seen as appropriate for its close proximity to the source of the waste input, good transport links and because the ex-colliery site already has a history of resource recovery and waste management.
A planning application is expected to be submitted in late 2007.
“Good location”
Edward Thomas, project director for Veolia Environmental Services, said: “We believe that the Rufford Colliery site provides a good location for an Energy Recovery Facility. We are looking forward to engaging with the local community about our plans and hopefully involving them in the future operation of the facility.”
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Veolia is now hoping to persuade local residents that the proposed plant will have a minimal impact either visually or environmentally. A consultation period began this week with a briefing of local councillors, who will visit similar facilities to the plant proposed.
The company said residents of the village of Rainworth and other interested parties would shortly receive information about the project through the post. And, a liaison group is to be set up for community concerns to be aired.
- West Berkshire district council is evaluating the final offer of Veolia Environmental Services for its 25-year PFI contract. Veolia is the district's preferred bidder for the deal, backed by 28.5 million of government PFI credits. Andy Deacon, West Berkshire's PFI project manager, said evaluation was likely to take up to three months after it was submitted last week. The contract is to be signed by March 2007.
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