FLI signs €35m British deal for waste-to-energy plants

ENVIRONMENTAL services firm FLI Energy has secured a €35 million contract to construct anaerobic digestion plants in Britain and the North to convert food and other bio-waste into energy.

Former British semi-state company Envar appraised 60 firms before selecting Waterford-based FLI Energy to build its bio-energy plants. The anaerobic digestion facilities will use food, agricultural and other organic waste to generate gas, electricity and heat.

FLI Energy’s business development director Micheal Geary said: “The projects we will undertake span the full range from medium-sized plants on farms to high-end plants digesting food waste with complex waste reception and pre-treatment systems with annual throughput capacities of 25,000 to 60,000 tonnes.”