Major construction work at Gloucestershire’s new Energy from Waste facility is now underway.  Piling equipment has arrived on site to install piled foundations to support the major buildings, process equipment and waste bunker. Other site preparation work continues, with construction of the site access road being completed in the next couple of weeks and the temporary construction compound area by the end of the year.   

This update is being issued to keep you informed of progress on the Energy-from-Waste facility under development at Javelin Park. The first elements of site preparation works have been completed.

Urbaser Balfour Beatty begin site preparation works at Javelin Park. The company is under contract and working with Gloucestershire County Council to build and operate the Energy from Waste facility. The facility will treat 190,000 tonnes of residual waste and generate 14.5 MW electricity for export.

Welcome to the first project update bulletin for the Gloucestershire EfW Facility.  The bulletin will be issued by email directly to those who have requested to be kept informed and to members of the Community Liaison Group.  Each one will be made publicly available on UBB’s Gloucestershire project website.

In January 2015, Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) secured planning permission to construct the Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility at Javelin Park in Gloucestershire. Once operational, the Javelin Park facility will process up to 190,000 tonnes of residual household waste per year from Gloucestershire and generate 116,000 megawatt hours of electricity annually - enough to power approximately 26,000 homes - significantly increasing the county’s renewable energy production.

Javier Peiro, project director for Urbaser Balfour Beatty, said “We welcome the start of the public inquiry as part of our planning appeal for the proposed Energy from Waste facility at Javelin Park.”

Javier Peiro, Project Director for Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB), said: “UBB is disappointed by the decision made by Gloucestershire’s Planning Committee today. UBB remains contracted to dispose of Gloucestershire’s residual waste and in light of this decision we are considering our options.

Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) welcomed the BBC Inside Out West coverage of the proposal for an Energy from Waste facility at Javelin Park, aired on Monday 7 January 2013.

With the potential to save Gloucestershire County Council and its taxpayers £190m over 25 years, providing enough electricity for 25,000 homes and diverting many thousands of tonnes of waste from landfill, the Javelin Park project is an important issue for the county.

A lot of information has been published recently about the proposed Energy from Waste facility at the Javelin Park site, Junction 12 of the M5. Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB), who has been charged with the delivery of the Gloucestershire Residual Waste Project, is concerned about the level of misinformation and inaccuracies that are making headlines.

GLOSVAIN has recently published a number of documents which contain inaccuracies and misunderstandings about the impact of incineration plants in general, and the proposed Javelin Park plant in particular, on air quality and health.

The proposed energy from waste facility at Javelin Park will provide an alternative to landfill for the household waste generated in Gloucestershire. Energy from waste technology has the ability to recover the most value from the rubbish we throw away, through recycling and the generation of heat and power.

Urbaser Environmental Limited has submitted its environmental permit application to run the proposed energy-from-waste facility at Javelin Park, Haresfield.

Gloucestershire took a step forward towards zero waste to landfill this week when Urbaser Balfour Beatty submitted its planning application for an energy-from-waste facility at Javelin Park, Haresfield, near junction 12 of the M5 motorway.

Urbaser Balfour Beatty is celebrating after it was named Preferred Bidder last week by Gloucestershire County Council for its 25 year contract to design, build and operate an energy-from-waste facility at Javelin Park, Haresfield near Junction 12 of the M5.

Urbaser Balfour Beatty has been chosen to lead on Gloucestershire’s residual project which will divert waste from landfill and save millions of pounds.

Today, Cabinet agreed to go with Urbaser Balfour Beatty to provide a sustainable, environmentally sound and affordable solution for dealing with Gloucestershire’s waste.

A second public exhibition is being held at Javelin Park for people to find out more about the waste facility proposed for the site.

Gloucestershire County Council is looking for an alternative solution to landfilling its residual waste - that's the waste left over when we have reduced, reused, recycled and composted all we can.