Lockheed Martin has partnered with UK company CoGen to develop energy-from-waste projects around the UK, starting with a facility in Wales.
The 15MW plant in Cardiff will process about 150,000 tonnes of waste each year, reducing the need for landfill use, the companies said.
Construction is expected to begin in 2018, with operations starting in 2020.
CoGen, a developer of advanced gasification plants, will own the facility, while Lockheed Martin will lead the engineering, procurement, manufacturing and construction of the plant.
The project will use Concord Blue Reformer technology.
The partners said they plan to jointly pursue similar projects, as well as smaller ones for commercial and industrial businesses throughout the UK.
“CoGen is excited to be forming this partnership with Lockheed Martin and bringing the Concord Blue Reformer technology to the UK,” CoGen chief executive Ian Brooking said. “Cardiff will be the first of a pipeline of projects that over the coming decade will see local, smaller-scale generation play a bigger part in delivering the UK’s energy requirements.”
Image: Lockheed Martin Energy vicepresident Frank Armijo and CoGen chief executive Ian Brooking (Lockheed Martin)
