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The Javelin Park EfW is located in Gloucestershire next to the M5 motorway to the south of Gloucester and is aka '''Gloucestershire EFW'''. It utilises combustion technology to convert 190,000 tonnes per year of municipal [[residual waste]], supplied by [[Gloucestershire County Council]], into electricity. [[Urbaser]] and [[Balfour Beatty]] were partners in a joint venture (as Urbaser Balfour Beatty) that developed, constructed and operated the plant. This EfW that has been operational since autumn 2019 and was acquired by [[FCC Environment]] in 2024 as part of their acquisition of [[Urbaser]].<ref name="ref1" >Urbaser Balfour Beaty, 2020. [https://www.ubbgloucestershire.co.uk/the-technology The technology — UBB. Online [Accessed 4 Feb. 2020]]</ref><ref>[https://www.fcc.es/en/web/portalwebfcc/-/fcc-servicios-medio-ambiente-alcanza-un-acuerdo-para-comprar-a-urbaser-su-filial-en-reino-unido FCC News Item]</ref>. | |||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
The Javelin Park EfW is located in Gloucestershire next to the M5 motorway to the south of Gloucester. It utilises combustion technology to convert 190,000 tonnes per year of | The Javelin Park EfW is located in Gloucestershire next to the M5 motorway to the south of Gloucester and is aka '''Gloucestershire EFW'''. It utilises combustion technology to convert 190,000 tonnes per year of municipal [[residual waste]], supplied by [[Gloucestershire County Council]], into electricity. [[Urbaser]] and [[Balfour Beatty]] were partners in a joint venture (as Urbaser Balfour Beatty) that developed, constructed and operated the plant. This EfW that has been operational since autumn 2019 and was acquired by [[FCC Environment]] in 2024 as part of their acquisition of [[Urbaser]].<ref name="ref1" >Urbaser Balfour Beaty, 2020. [https://www.ubbgloucestershire.co.uk/the-technology The technology — UBB. Online [Accessed 4 Feb. 2020]]</ref>. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Urbaser Balfour Beatty was selected by Gloucestershire County Council as the preferred bidder for the 25 year contract to design, build and operate Javelin Park EfW in December 2011. Planning permission for the facility was granted in January 2015, allowing construction of the facility to commence in September 2016 that was predicted to take up to 35 months. In June 2019 the facility began to accept waste during its commissioning stage, with the construction and commissioning of Javelin Park being completed and full operations beginning in January 2020<ref> White, E. 2020. [https://www.ubbgloucestershire.co.uk/news?offset=1523617440985&reversePaginate=true News — UBB. Online. Urbaser Balfour Beatty. [Accessed 4 Feb. 2020]]</ref>. | Urbaser Balfour Beatty was selected by [[Gloucestershire County Council]] as the preferred bidder for the 25 year contract to design, build and operate Javelin Park EfW in December 2011. Planning permission for the facility was granted in January 2015, allowing construction of the facility to commence in September 2016 that was predicted to take up to 35 months. In June 2019 the facility began to accept waste during its commissioning stage, with the construction and commissioning of Javelin Park being completed and full operations beginning in January 2020<ref> White, E. 2020. [https://www.ubbgloucestershire.co.uk/news?offset=1523617440985&reversePaginate=true News — UBB. Online. Urbaser Balfour Beatty. [Accessed 4 Feb. 2020]]</ref>. | ||
==Plant== | ==Plant== | ||
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The facility runs continuously 24/7 with a planned shutdown for around two weeks each year for maintenance. | The facility runs continuously 24/7 with a planned shutdown for around two weeks each year for maintenance. | ||
The contract between Gloucestershire County Council and Urbaser Balfour Beatty for the development and operation of this facility | The contract between [[Gloucestershire County Council]] and [[Urbaser Balfour Beatty]] for the development and operation of this facility was reported in the region of £500 million. | ||
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