A deal has been finalized for a new waste-to-energy facility in West Bromwich, United Kingdom.

The West Bromwich-based heat and power facility, named Kelvin, is led by enfinium and is capable of processing up to 395,000 tonnes of unusable residual waste every year.

The plant will also have the capacity to generate up to 47MW of partially renewable baseload electricity annually.

Not only will the newly generated electricity have the capacity to power more than 95,000 homes across the U.K., it will also create over 400 jobs during construction and over 40 full-time jobs once it is operational. 

Financial close was secured by prior planning permissions granted by Sandwell Council in September 2019, and the award of an environmental permit by the Environment Agency in July 2019.

“Today marks a milestone for the project and a huge step forward to providing capacity for the safe and reliable treatment of waste that cannot be reduced, reused or recycled in the U.K.,” said Julia Watsford, Chief Executive Officer for enfinium.

“We remain fully committed to supporting and investing in the green recovery in the U.K. and developing regional combined heat and power waste-to-energy capacity.”

enfinium is a developer, owner and operator of seven waste-to-energy facilities in operation, construction and advanced development.

They claim to represent the largest pure play waste-to-energy business in the U.K., and are industry’s leaders in the conversion of unusable waste into heat and partially renewable power.

The company also insists they are an integral part of the U.K.’s environmental infrastructure, converting non-recyclable waste and providing residents and businesses with local, sustainable waste treatment solutions.