Energy from Waste
An assessment of UK waste resources and how suitable wastes can be most effectively used to produce energy
About the project
- Project profiling waste arisings in the UK
- Evaluated different conversion technologies
- Identified technology development opportunities in the area of gasification and gas clean up
Energy from Waste represented an opportunity to produce clean,renewable energy from local sources that were previously destined for landfill sites. This £1.4m project profiled the waste streams in the UK, the potential energy available from them and how this might change in the future.
The project also evaluated different conversion technologies to extract the energy from key waste streams. Delivered by a consortium of industry and academia - Caterpillar, EDF, Cranfield University, CPI and Shanks Waste Solutions - the project identified a significant technology development opportunity in the area of gasification and gas clean up.
This was progressed through our Waste Gasification Project.
