Wardell Armstrong, the engineering and environmental consultancy, has received permission for the £15 million (€18 million) development from Devon County Council and will work with AAD South West, an Aero Thermal company, for the project.
Aero Thermal’s technology involves high temperatures of 160°C and pressure to break down paper, cardboard, packaging and woody waste, such as MSW and organic materials which will be supplied by supermarkets.
The company says this process allows for the different types of waste to be processed at the same time and therefore increases the speed of production by four times, improving biogas fabrication rates.
The heat produced (3.8MW) will also be used to produce steam to be used in the AD tanks, reducing the amount of energy the whole system needs.
In the lead up to the approval, Wardell Armstrong worked to write an Environmental Impact Assessment with the Environment Agency, looking at land use and soils, hydrology and hydrogeology, traffic and access, air quality, noise, ecology and wildlife, landscape and visual impacts, and socio-economic effects.
Tristan Lloyd-Baker, AAD’s MD, says: "Our intention is to begin construction in early 2012 with a view to being fully operational from April 2013."
Aero Thermal’s technology involves high temperatures of 160°C and pressure to break down paper, cardboard, packaging and woody waste, such as MSW and organic materials which will be supplied by supermarkets.
The company says this process allows for the different types of waste to be processed at the same time and therefore increases the speed of production by four times, improving biogas fabrication rates.
The heat produced (3.8MW) will also be used to produce steam to be used in the AD tanks, reducing the amount of energy the whole system needs.
In the lead up to the approval, Wardell Armstrong worked to write an Environmental Impact Assessment with the Environment Agency, looking at land use and soils, hydrology and hydrogeology, traffic and access, air quality, noise, ecology and wildlife, landscape and visual impacts, and socio-economic effects.
Tristan Lloyd-Baker, AAD’s MD, says: "Our intention is to begin construction in early 2012 with a view to being fully operational from April 2013."
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