Land acquired for new waste-to-energy facility

Construction of a new waste-to-energy facility on the outskirts of Leeds is set to begin next year following the purchase of a 19.5 acre site.Multifuel Energy Ltd 2 (MEL2), the 50:50 joint venture between Wheelabrator Technologies and SSE Thermal, has completed the purchase of land at the Skelton Grange site in Leeds.The Skelton Grange waste-to-energy facility, which was granted planning consent for an increased capacity in February 2020, will divert around 410,000 tonnes of non-recyclable household and business waste from landfill or export and instead use it to generate 45MW (gross) / 39MW (net) of renewable baseload energy per annum, equivalent to the needs of about 100,000 UK homes.The site has been acquired from listed land and property regeneration company Harworth Group.Skelton Grange is located less than 15 miles from Ferrybridge 1 and Ferrybridge 2, which are part of the existing Multifuel Energy Ltd 1 (MEL1) joint venture between Wheelabrator Technologies and SSE Thermal.