Government approves Energy Park

The government has approved an Energy Park that will take mixed waste and recycle and remanufacture every single element to produce renewable energy, glass, building blocks, metals and compounds.

It is claimed that the centre, which will be built by Green technology company Peterborough Renewable Energy (PREL) in Peterborough, will be the first of its kind in the UK.

PREL hopes that the Energy Park will be the first of a nationwide network that could eventually replace the need for future landfill.

The PREL process brings together mechanical recycling, food-waste digestion, gasification and plasma melting.

The Peterborough Energy Park is expected to bring more than 300 jobs during the construction phase and 109 skilled green-collar jobs once operational.

PREL claims that a network of energy parks could achieve the 4,000MW of biomass power needed to meet the UK renewable requirement for 2020 and deliver a saving of 36 million tonnes.