A Chinese-owned energy from waste plant in the Netherlands has secured a 10-year deal with waste management firm Shanks to burn 100,000 tonnes of RDF per annum for energy recovery.
The EEW plant in Delfzijl
The agreement has been made by Shanks with German energy from waste firm EEW, which was acquired by Beijing Holdings earlier this year (see letsrecycle.com story).
EEW has announced that it is investing more than €70 million (£60 million) to commission a third combustion line at its plant on the coast in the north east of Holland at Delfzijl.
According to EEW, much of the 200,000 tonnes per year of capacity created by the extra line, which is due to come online by 2019, will be met through imports of RDF from the UK.
The third line was announced shortly after the company revealed that it has signed a 10-year contract with Shanks for the supply of around 100,000 tonnes per year of RDF to supply the facility, with material to be transported by rail and sea.
Investment
Bernard Kemper, chairman of the EEW management board, said: “In spite of Brexit, we believe in the long-term continuation of business relations with our British partners. Against this background, we are investing more than €70 million in the construction of a third combustion line in Delfzijl.
“This means that from 2019, there will be capacity for a further 192,000 tonnes per year, especially for our customers in Great Britain. You only make a commitment like that if you believe in the market.”
He added: “What we are going to build in the Netherlands, will be state-of-the-art,” and claimed that the company wants to use the new line as a ‘shop window’ to demonstrate ‘environmentally and resource friendly energy generation’.
EEW
EEW’s Delfzijl plant opened in 2010, with two incineration lines, which currently has the capacity to handle a total of 384,000 tonnes of waste per year, producing energy for around 700,000 households the company claims.
The site at the Oosterhorn industrial park is one of 18 operated by the company across the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany. The group’s total annual waste treatment capacity is close to 4.7 million tonnes.
As part of its work to target the UK market, EEW is exhibiting at the Resources and Waste Management (RWM) show in Birmingham next month (13-15 September).
Every year, about 4.7 million tonnes of waste is recycled for energy in the group’s plants.
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