If confirmed, WRG will have pipped a Shanks/Wheelabrator Technologies joint venture for the work which is not affected by the cuts in the government's PFI programme as earlier this year Lincolnshire chose to fund the project itself rather than go for private finance initiative money.
County councillors met last week to make their decision which could see work start by the end of 2010 with completion in 2013.
Permission
Planning permission is already in place for a 150,000 tonne-a-year capacity facility to be built close to a landfill site operated by WRG at North Hykeham.
The council's assistant director for environment, planning and transport, Richard Belfield has previously explained that the planning permission secured by the council in July 2009 was based on its own design, or “base case”, for the facility.
The facility is expected to generate 11 megawatts of electricity for sale to the National Grid treating household and, potentially, commercial waste, and bidders were asked to design their proposals to include combined heat and power (CHP) provision, (see letsrecycle.com story).
Outlining the potential for heat to be exported, Mr Belfield said: “The site we have chosen sites adjacent to Teal Park (Lincolnshire's newest and largest commercial and industrial development site) and the Lincoln Housing Growth corridors.
“We fully intend to look at developing a district heating scheme in the future utilising the heat from our EfW facility,” he added.
The project is being managed by the Lincolnshire Waste Partnership – which is made up of the county council and Lincolnshire's seven district councils.
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