EQTEC PLC (AIM:EQT) said its Southport waste-to-energy project has signed a cooperation agreement with Anaergia for the construction and operation of a multi-technology facility.
The plant includes an Anaergia waste processing facility that will accept 80,000 tonnes of pre-processed municipal solid waste (MSW) waste per year to both recover organics produce refused-derived fuel (RDF) as well as an Anaergia anaerobic digestion facility.
Through combined heat and power (CHP) engines, the plant will also pull gas from the grid to generate 9MWe for export to the national electricity transmission system.
The plant design also includes a 2MW battery storage facility.
Under the agreement, Anaergia is to undertake a full engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) role for the plant, based on a fixed price, lump-sum contract for the capital works scope as well as a separate, minimum five-year contract to operate & maintain the plant.
In future, the pant intends to add EQTEC Advanced Gasification Technology that could convert 25,000 tonnes of RDF per year, supplied by the plant's waste processing facility, into an estimated 2.5 - 3.0MWe of clean electricity.
David Palumbo, EQTEC chief executive, said: "Anaergia has been a great partner at our Deeside project, and we are very happy to be co-developing Southport with them as well. “