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PRESS RELEASE: M+W Group: Successful entry into waste-to-energy market in United Kingdom
PRESS RELEASE: M+W Group: Successful entry into waste-to-energy market in United Kingdom
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Collaboration with Biffa to build Mechanical Biological Treatment facility in
West-Sussex
Chippenham (UK) / Stuttgart (Germany), 27 July 2010
Biffa Group has announced a strategic alliance with M+W Group's UK team, who
will act as the turnkey contractor for the engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) of Biffa's new waste management facility at the company's
Brookhurst Wood site, in West Sussex (UK). The new facility is to be built as
part of a 25-year contract between Biffa and West Sussex County Council to treat
the County's residual municipal waste using the latest Mechanical Biological
Treatment (MBT) technology.
The GBP1 billion (Euro 1.18 billion) plus deal will see Biffa and the M+W Group's
UK team construct the MBT facility next to its Brookhurst Wood landfill site
near Horsham, in the north of the county. It is estimated the facility will save
the Council around GBP300 million (Euro 356 million) over the life of the contract
with up to 80% of the residual waste set to be diverted from landfill. It will
also significantly reduce the carbon footprint of household waste management in
the County.
The MBT facility, which received planning consent in April 2010, comprises an
integrated mechanical sorting and anaerobic digestion plant, and a visitor
centre. The contract will create up to 80 new jobs in West Sussex.
The Brookhurst Wood site is the first project Biffa and M+W Group are
collaborating on, and is proof of the excellent teamwork relationship developed
between the two companies. Dr John Casey, Director of Engineering at Biffa
Group stated "Biffa have been working for a number of months with M+W Group's UK
team and are pleased to announce that we are going to work more closely and
further enhance the already excellent working relationship. M+W Group is a
leading EPC contractor and with their expertise in the waste and energy
industry, they have an enviable track record in delivering high technology
integrated processes and construction projects on time and within budget".
Biffa was named as preferred bidder for the proposed new waste management
facility at Brookhurst Wood by West Sussex County Council in September 2008.
Financial close on the project was achieved by the team on June 28(th) 2010 and
construction is scheduled to commence during Q3 2010. It is planned that the
plant will be operational in 2013 and when at full capacity will produce up to
3.5 MW of renewable energy, enough to power around 7,000 homes.
M+W UK's Managing Director, Peter Greenhalgh commented "We are delighted to have
been appointed by Biffa and to partner them on this new and exciting project.
The financial close of the project is credit to the team's hard work and we are
looking forward to developing our relationship with Biffa and working together
on future projects. On working with Biffa over the past few months, we see them
as being a thorough and professional forward-thinking organisation and can only
see success going forward with them." M+W UK, part of the M+W Group, is a world
class turnkey contractor specialising in construction projects with a high
process content or critical environments.
The facility's mechanical sorting plant will also produce a Refuse Derived Fuel
(RDF). Subject to a joint exercise by the Biffa team and West Sussex County
Council to find a long-term sustainable market for the RDF, it will either be
sent to a third party outlet or used to fuel an additional thermal treatment
facility that will produce energy in the form of electricity and heat. If
required, subject to planning and operating consents, the thermal treatment
facility would also be constructed at the Brookhurst Wood site.
Notes
* West Sussex County Council's Planning Committee approved Biffa's plans for
the Mechanical Biological Treatment facility in December 2009 and planning
consent was granted in April 2010.
* West Sussex County Council has in place a separate contract with Viridor for
recycling and waste handling known as the Reclaim contract.
* Further information can be found atwww.biffa.co.uk/west_sussex and
www.westsussex.gov.uk
About Biffa (www.biffa.com): Biffa is the leading nationwide integrated waste
management business that provides collection, treatment, recycling and
technologically-driven energy generation and recovery services. Biffa provides
an essential service to satisfy the business needs of its commercial, industrial
and public sector customers throughout the UK, helping them to meet their legal
obligations and corporate responsibility commitments.
Biffa operates two other PFI contracts and 17 local authority waste collection
and recycling contracts. It also has the largest industrial and commercial
collections network in the UK serving over 70,000 customers through 1,450
collection vehicles and across 128 locations. It operates 65 million m3 of
landfill void across 24 sites throughout the UK and a renewable energy business
with 103 MW of installed capacity. It currently handles 7 million tonnes of
waste each year and processes approximately half a million tonnes of recyclables
through nine recycling facilities.
About M+W Group (www.mwgroup.net): M+W Group (until 2009: M+W Zander) is the
leading global partner for engineering, construction and project management in
the fields of Advanced Technology Facilities, the Life Science Industries,
Energy & Environment Technologies and High-Tech Infrastructure. From concept
development to turnkey services the company manages projects of all sizes
ensuring flexibility, rapid realization and cost-effective completion. With its
competence to link process technology, automation and complex facilities to
integrated solutions M+W Group primarily focuses on leading electronics, life
science, photovoltaic, chemical, automobile and communication companies, as well
as research institutes and universities. M+W Group GmbH is the holding company
with headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. In 2009 M+W Group generated an order
intake of 1.56 billion euros and revenues of 1.27 billion euros with a workforce
of approximately 4380 employees.
M+W Group is owned by the Austrian Stumpf Group that is globally successful in
the areas of High-Tech Engineering, Smart & Renewable Energy, Real Estate and
Technology Investments.
Press contact UK: Press contact general:
Charlotte Storer Michael Gemeinhardt
Phone +44 1249 665736 +49 711 8804-1420
mailto: charlotte.storer@mwgroup.net michael.gemeinhardt@mwgroup.net
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