Description
Please note that only 12 places are available.
A
few years ago, building work went ahead to create Gloucestershire’s
“Energy from Waste” (GEfW) facility next to Junction 12 of the
M5. This
facility is part of a joint venture between Urbaser and Balfour
Beatty (UBB Gloucestershire) to provide a key element of the waste
management infrastructure, in line with Gloucestershire’s Joint
Municipal Waste Management Strategy. It became operational in 2019.
The
facility takes waste that would otherwise go to landfill and converts
it mainly into electrical energy that goes into the grid system.
However, what it can take, how it accumulates it, how it handles it,
how it burns it, what it does with residual waste, how it converts
the energy released from incineration into electricity, how it
prevents noxious emissions, how it works to stop smells spreading
from the raw waste, and many other aspects of its design and
operation are issues that will be of great interest to engineers. The
visit will involve a presentation and a walking tour of some of the
facility, and lasts approximately 2 hours. The walking tour takes in
the Waste Reception Hall, Waste Bunker, and a view of the waste
burning on the grate.
Details
about location, travel, reception and dress will be sent to those who
book. Please note that only 12 places are available.