The Proposal

Peterborough Energypark has been designed to remove our reliance on landfill and reduce the amount of pollution created by our daily lives.

The energypark is a 66MW electrical power generating station that incorporates technology before and after electrical generation to ensure that the power produced is clean and green and that value from all materials is gained with nothing being wasted.

The thermal capacity of the plant is 234MW. The park will include a combined heat and power distribution grid to feed power and heat to the research and design building, the administration and vehicle maintenance and Compass Re-Use buildings.

The power and recycled materials produced from the park comes from its ability to process up to 650,000 tonnes of material per year. This material will be a mix of wastes such as municipal, commercial and industrial. In the case of municipal waste the waste received will be that left over after recycling has taken place. Along side wastes the energypark will support local agriculture by providing markets for their straws for use as a renewable fuel. The park will also take agricultural waste, and elements of the construction and demolish waste. Based on pre development discussions with waste providers, the Energypark will be processing in the region of 460,000 tonnes of material from local sources.