Dec 05, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Veolia signs a GBP 50 million ($76 million) contract with Equitix ESI CHP, to operate the Sherwood Biomass Plant in Nottingham, UK. The 20 year contract highlights the growing UK commitment to this type of energy project, and adds to the GBP 500 million ($756 million) of biomass energy managed by Veolia in the UK and Ireland, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Located in Widmerpool, Nottingham the 6.55MWe biomass-fired combined heat and power station is designed to provide sustainable green electricity for over 10,000 homes and supply up to 4.5MWth of process heat for the adjacent sawmill operations.

The new plant will recycle around 52,000 tonnes of waste wood as a carbon neutral fuel and will annually save around 8,400 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

The agreement also covers water treatment, emission monitoring, and ash disposal for the new plant that is due to start generating renewable electricity and heat in spring 2017.

The Sherwood plant will use a traditional steam cycle for generating electricity though the combustion of life expired wastewood from local sources.