Funding approved for new gasification project

9 February 2011:The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) has today agreed a £8.9 million loan to Biossence East London Ltd to support the development of what will be one of the UK’s first large scale advanced waste to energy gasification plants. Anticipated to operational in 2013 the 19MW generator will turn 100,000 tonnes of waste  each year into energy. The site has been bought from Ford, who will part-benefit from electricity generated by the plant.  Further information on the LWARB press release.  More on Bioessence here.