The Government has given the go ahead for a waste to energy plant in Peterborough. Waste glass, plastic and metal are to be converted into clean energy by Peterborough Renewable Energy with approval for the construction of the 80MW energy from waste and biomass fuelled power station at Storey’s Bar Gate.
The power station will include a cluster of processes which together provide a means of dealing with materials such as waste and provide beneficial outputs such as recovered glass, plastics and metals. The East of England has its own renewable target of 17% by 2020, not including offshore wind, and this plant could deliver 10% of that target for 2010/11 and, over the 20 year life of the station, it will save almost 12 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
