Kanadevia Inova selected as EPC Contractor with Notice to Proceed awarded on the Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility
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Tees Valley, England – Kanadevia Inova is delighted to announce that it has been selected by leading UK Energy from Waste firm Viridor, as its principal Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) partner to build and commission the new Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility (TVERF).
This milestone is a significant step forward for this vital project, which will serve more than 1.5 million people living and working across the North-East of the UK, by providing a sustainable, safe and reliable solution for treating the region’s waste left over after recycling. Importantly, this will help the partner authorities move towards their shared goal of sending zero waste to landfill.
Kanadevia Inova was granted Notice to Proceed instructions on 22nd April, which signals the start of site preparation works on the Teesworks site. Once land remediation is completed, full construction and commissioning activities can progress with the TVERF scheduled to begin operations in 2030. The state-of-the-art plant will then be capable of treating up to 450,000 tonnes of municipal and commercial waste produced across the North-East each year.
The highly efficient two-line waste to energy facility will treat residual waste to generate up to 49.9 MW of electricity — enough to power the equivalent of 60,000 UK homes. The plant will utilise Kanadevia Inova’s air-cooled grate and highly efficient flue gas treatment systems, it will also be capable of exporting the heat produced via district heating networks to current and future industrial businesses on the wider Teesworks site, with additional Carbon Capture technology also being kept under consideration by Viridor and the partner authorities.
“The Kanadevia Inova team is delighted to have signed another EPC contract with Viridor and, with Notice to Proceed being granted, we look forward to starting full construction works on the Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility,” said Fabio Dinale, Executive VP of Business Development at Kanadevia Inova. “Once the construction and commissioning phases are completed, this highly efficient facility will safely treat residual waste as a valuable resource to generate vital baseload energy which will power homes and neighbouring businesses for many years to come.”
Commenting on the selection of Kanadevia Inova as EPC contractor, Richard Belfield, Group Business Development Director at Viridor said: “Viridor is delighted to continue to develop its close partnership with Kanadevia Inova following recent projects with them at Westfield (commissioned) and Tilbury (under construction). We are looking forward to greater collaboration with Kanadevia Inova in the future, with new growth opportunities on their way.
To find out more about the Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility, please visit Viridor’s website.