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Skelton Grange energy from waste plant expected to begin operations in summer 2025, providing both low carbon electricity and heat
Engie has inked a three-year deal to purchase power from Enfinium's Skelton Grange energy from waste facility in Leeds, which is expected to start turning hundreds of thousands of tonnes of residual waste a year into low carbon heat and electricity from this summer.
Under the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) announced today, Enfinium is set to supply 390GWh of electricity a year from the combined heat and power (CHP) plant to French energy and services operator Engie over a three-year period, beginning this year.
The PPA covers the supply of enough electricity to meet the needs of 140,000 average UK households, which Engie will deliver to both residential and industrial customers.
"Securing reliable power from sustainable sources for our customers is core to what we do," said Graham Oxley, chief commercial officer at Engie Supply UK. "We're pleased to partner with Enfinium, enabling us to deliver stable and reliable energy whilst reducing unrecyclable waste being sent to landfill."
The 49MW capacity Skelton Grange facility is expected to divert up to 410,000 tonnes of unrecyclable waste from landfill each year, by instead using it as a feedstock to generate both electricity and heat.
It is set to form part of the Aire Valley Heat and Power Network, which has been awarded £19.5m from the government's Green Heat Network Fund to harness waste heat from the Skelton Grange plant.
Enfinium has invested over £500m in the site, with over 400 jobs created during its construction in addition to over 40 full-time roles to operate the facility going forward.
Wayne Robertson, chief commercial and strategy officer at Enfinium, said the PPA announced today "highlights the benefits of using society's unrecyclable waste to generate reliable, homegrown energy to power British homes and businesses".
"We are delighted our new state-of-the-art Skelton Grange facility will be contributing to energy security and economic growth when it becomes operational later this year," he said.
The energy from waste firm recently published its annual 'Positive Impact Report', which confirms it diverted more than 2.3 million tonnes of unrecyclable waste from landfill in 2024, avoiding nearly 560,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions and generating enough low-carbon electricity to power around 500,000 homes and businesses.
The company is also working on plans to install carbon capture and storage systems at its plants, which would have the potential to deliver negative emissions from its sites.
