Energy From Waste...

Grundon has developed some of the most advanced and comprehensive programmes in the world for producing energy from waste.

All our sites are monitored for landfill gas production and migration - and wherever possible the excess gas is used to provide power for nearby industry.

Our joint venture Lakeside Energy from Waste (EfW) plant at Colnbrook was handed over by the contractor in January 2010 and is now fully operational. The plant is capable of recovering energy from over 410,000 tonnes of residual waste per year from local authorities and businesses. Lakeside EfW generate 37 MW of electricity. A small amount is used to power the plant itself while the vast majority is exported to the National Grid - enough to meet the domestic needs of c.50,000 homes, more than the population of Slough.

Lakeside EfW has also been designed with the potential to export surplus heat, thus making it a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, as and when the local infrastructure become available to support this process.

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26/05/2010
Lakeside Energy from Waste wins 2nd Award
Following its success in the 2009 Letsrecycle Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management, Lakeside Energy from Waste has won a second award.
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15/01/2010
Official Take Over for Lakeside Energy from Waste plant
Grundon Waste Management and Viridor announce their take over of the Colnbrook plant from the contractor (Itochu/Takuma).
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23/10/2009
Lakeside EfW wins prestigious award
Lakeside Energy from Waste (EfW) plant and education centre, a joint venture between Grundon Waste Management and Viridor, scoops the award for ‘Innovation in design of a waste management facility’.
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