The £142 million contract to design, finance, build and operate the Millerhill Resource and Energy Recovery Centre (RERC) was signed by FCC Environment in October 2016. The company will operate the facility for 25 years, and will be built, on FCC Environment’s behalf, by Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI).

The facility, which is set to begin operation by 2019, will treat around 135,000 tonnes of household residual waste a year, and a further 20,000 tonnes of commercial waste a year, and will generate sufficient electricity each year to satisfy the energy demands of up to approximately 32,000 households.

Antonio Alfonso, Managing Director, Head of FCC Environment International, said that, "we are delighted to start work on the Millerhill Resource and Energy Recovery Centre. This is an important project for the local community and for FCC. Municipalities and authorities around the world face difficult environmental challenges and this facility will further demonstrate our capabilities in delivering provide effective energy-from-waste solutions under a public-private partnership approach.”

FCC Group has over 100 years of experience in environmental services. It currently serves more than 53 million people in 13 countries, with a network of more than 120 recycling facilities and 10 existing waste to energy projects with a capacity over 2.6 million tons and 300 MW power output. FCC’s backlog in environmental services was 11.826 billion euros at the end of last year, the business area also accounted for 51.7% of FCC Group’s EBITDA in 2015.

In addition to work on the Millerhill Resource and Energy Recovery Centre (RERC), FCC has also recently opened an energy from waste (EfW) facility in Buckinghamshire. In the US FCC is currently constructing on a Materials Recycling Facility on the McCommas Bluff Landfill site in southern Dallas, Texas, and the company has also been shortlisted for the Belgrade EfW facility in Serbia.

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