Devon says Grace is best site for development

29 November 2006

Plans for a new energy-from-waste plant have been made public this week by Devon County Council.
The authority wants to construct the plant – which could be the first of four similar schemes – in Exeter, to cut down on the amount of waste landfilled in the county.
A report to the council's executive advises construction of the plant on the site of the existing waste transfer station in Grace Road, Marsh Barton. If given the go head, the plant will be built with the help of waste contractor Viridor.
The proposed plant will burn waste left after recycling and composting to provide combined heat and power in the form of electricity and steam. The electricity is sold back to the national grid, while the steam would be used to heat local schools and businesses. The proposed plant will produce three mega-watts of heat and steam.
The authority is the third best for recycling in the country after reaching 40.6% in 2005/2006, but with new European Union rulings on landfill coming in, the council is looking at ways to deal with more than 100,000ts of waste it cannot recycle.
The council begins a consultation next month and hopes to submit a planning application in spring next year.

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