Britcon completes £20m ReFood anaerobic digestion plant 05 September 2014

Building and civil engineering contractor Britcon has handed over the new £20 million anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at food waste recycler ReFood, in Widnes.

The plant is now the largest gas-to-grid AD plant in the UK and the second for ReFood in the UK.

It will recycle some 90,000 tonnes of commercial and domestic food waste and generate up to 17MWhr of biogas, which will be transported directly to the national gas grid.

Britcon was appointed to deliver the project following completion of ReFood's first AD plant in Doncaster, which it will now be extending under another £1.85 contract.

The Widnes project included earthworks, piling operations and structural works comprising multiple high rise, post tensioned, circular, reinforced digester tanks, receiving tanks and gas storage tanks.

"Once again, Britcon has delivered to very exacting standards on an extremely specialist and demanding project," comments Paul Morris, operations director at ReFood.

"We are delighted that the Britcon team has completed this project on time and on budget with an impeccable safety record," he continues.

"Our first gas-to-grid AD plant is now operational as a showcase for both the ReFood brand and also the AD industry as a whole both in the UK and Europe."

"Through our work with ReFood we have developed an intense process of value engineering which ensures best value throughout all elements and stages of the project," states John Whitmore, construction director for the project at Britcon.

Brian Tinham

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