Parc Power Limited (PPL) was established in 2009 to develop and operate waste-to-energy and recycling plants in the UK and overseas. PPL’s waste-to-energy plants will convert a diverse array of waste and refuse into a clean, reliable and efficient source of zero-carbon electricity, thermal power and reclaimed recyclable materials.

The Company is currently developing a waste-to-energy plant near Swindon in Wiltshire, with operations scheduled to begin in 2013. The Company has earmarked locations throughout the UK for an additional ten waste-to-energy plants and anticipates that full regulatory permissions for the majority of these locations will be finalised by December, 2012.

The key benefits of PPL’s waste-to-energy plants include:

• Accept any combination of unprocessed municipal solid waste, agricultural, commercial & industrial, contaminated packaging and cardboard, medical, food, animal and sewage waste as feedstock (or over 50% of all waste generated in the UK)

• Automatically reclaim, sterilise and separate 100% of recyclable materials contained in waste feedstock

• Convert remaining waste into clean, zero-carbon electricity and thermal power

• Result in zero residual waste that requires landfilling

• Produce no toxic emissions or odours

• Occupy small physical footprints

• Incorporate rigorous health, safety, security and environmental monitoring processes

PPL’s waste-to-energy plants will utilise proven and robust Mechanical Heat Treatment technology. This follows four years of research and development, from which PPL has concluded that waste-to-energy systems that use Mechanical Heat Treatment offer the best solution for processing waste and generating renewable energy in terms of efficiency, recycling and environmental considerations. This view is endorsed by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in this September 2012 report, prepared on its behalf by NNFCC - link below

http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/publications/nnfcc-briefing-document.-energy-from-waste-the-environmental-benefits-of-upgrading-household-waste-before-energy-recovery

Other useful information can be found via the links below

http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/meeting_energy/bioenergy/strategy/strategy.aspx
http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/