Viridor selects Kanadevia Inova to build the new Tilbury waste-to-energy facility
The new waste infrastructure project, called the Thameside Energy Recovery Facility, will be located at Tilbury Docks. Construction work will commence in November 2024 and the facility is expected to become operational by 2028.
Tilbury, England. Kanadevia Inova (formerly Hitachi Zosen Inova) has signed an important engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Viridor to build a new waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at Tilbury Docks in East London.
The new scheme is a major milestone for Kanadevia Inova, with the Swiss greentech undertaking the role as the principal contractor for Viridor to design, build and commission the Thameside Energy Recovery Facility (TERF). Once completed, the new WtE plant will be Kanadevia Inova’s twenty-first WtE project in the UK to date.
Construction work on the TERF is set to commence later this month after the civil engineering and piling programmes have been completed onsite. After the 42-month build and commissioning phases have been completed, the new WtE will commence operating in 2028.
The new combined heat and power-enabled plant will be a highly efficient single-line facility capable of treating up to 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste each year. This will generate 40Mwe, sufficient to power around 93,000 homes. In addition, as the construction phase progresses, Viridor will consider the plant’s combined heat and power options together with future carbon capture and storage opportunities.
“The Kanadevia Inova team is delighted to have signed this EPC contract with Viridor. We look forward to starting full construction works on the Thameside Energy Recovery Facility later this month, which will also be our twenty first-plant in UK to date,” said Fabio Dinale, Executive VP of Business Development at Kanadevia Inova. “Once construction is completed in 2028, this highly efficient facility will safely and efficiently treat around 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste each year, generating vital baseload energy to power homes and businesses.”
“We have a great working relationship with Kanadevia Inova!” says Leon Brackstone, Project Lead and Senior Development Manager at Viridor. “On previous projects, the teams from Kanadevia Inova have always impressed us not only by delivering on time and within budget but also with their unbeatable safety record. They were our first choice for this project and we look forward to working with them.”
To find out more about Viridor’s Thameside ERF, please visit this website.