About Us
What we do
Founded in 2005 by James Short and Christian Reeve, BioGenpower is the UK’S fastest growing and most dynamic Renewable Energy company. With a clear focus and with robust ambitions, BioGenpower aims to be the leader within the ATT (Advanced Thermal Treatment) / ERF (Energy Recovery Facility) sector, developing, building and operating high-tech, small-scale, ERF’s across the UK.
Our strategy is twofold and based on both a highly effective ‘merchant’ business format while providing local authority waste disposal solutions where appropriate. BioGenpower builds plants close to where the waste is produced. We are not about building large ‘mass burn’ incinerators that require vast quantities of waste to be transported by road, often at a high cost, both financially and environmentally. Rather, BioGenpower ’s strategy is all about building and operating ‘small-scale’ gasification plants, close to the waste source, allowing each individual area to deal with its own local waste, on its own local doorstep. It's green, it’s clean and it’s fair!
Merchant means we are able to deliver waste disposal solutions at pace. A typical BioGenpower ERF can be designed, built and fully operational well within three years of site identification, and that includes obtaining planning consent. Now if you know anything about ERF and the various technologies available, that’s very quick indeed and is fairly unique in providing urgently needed waste treatment solutions to address the country’s growing waste disposal problems.
While each BioGenpower ERF treats unwanted domestic and commercial/ industrial wastes, it also produces substantial quantities of ‘renewable energy’, both in terms of electricity and steam. Thousands of local homes and businesses will benefit from BioGenpower ’s green and clean electricity, once a plant is fully operational, while certain selected neighbours may further benefit from heat or hot water, sent directly to their properties. You’re probably asking yourself, so why on earth were we not doing this before? Well frankly, as a nation with low cost landfill and a past abundance of our own fossil fuels, there was little incentive to do anything else other than to bury our waste in the ground and use up our valuable supplies of oil, gas and coal.
Another unique BioGenpower benefit; we only utilise tried and tested technologies. Our chosen ‘small-scale’ plant technology providers, ENERGOS, boast a twelve year track record and posses valuable expertise in terms of delivering engineering and service excellence across Europe. We don’t do prototypes, though we know they are often a less expensive option.
Social Responsibility Statement
BioGenpower is committed to enhancing the quality of life within those areas in which it operates. Consistent with this statement, the company is further committed to improving the compatibility of its operations with the environment.
The company:
- Includes environmental factors as an integral part of its planning and operating process.
- Recognise the contribution every employee can make to improve the company's environmental performance and we encourage employees to become environmental representatives.
- Communicates and reinforces environmental values throughout the company.
- Practices responsible environmental stewardship of all company-owned properties and natural resources entrusted to its management.
- Minimises adverse environmental impacts of operations by: meeting or surpassing environmental standards, investing in energy efficiency measures, and supporting company recycling and waste reduction programs.
- Supports research and implements new technologies for emissions control, energy efficiency, renewable energy resources and other environmental and health concerns associated with Facility operations.
- Provides public participation opportunities and welcomes communication from stakeholders on environmental issues; and continues to encourage constructive working relationships with environmental organisations, community leaders, media and government agencies.
- Participates with government and others in creating responsible laws and regulations to safeguard the environment, community and workplace.
- Commits employee and management resources to support and implement these principles.
- Periodically reviews performance to ensure that programs and practices are consistent with these principles.
- We prefer to use local skills and labour, both in terms of Facility construction and Facility operation wherever practical, for all roles within our organisation.
BioGenpower announce its 'Stronger-Together' 3rd Party Development Opportunities
BioGenpower, the UK's leading gasification Energy Recovery Facilities developer, has today launched a new and exciting business development initiative called 'Stronger-Together'. Using BioGenpower's proven track record and in-house planning and development expertise, companies and investors can partner with the UK's leader to develop some of Britain's future waste disposal and renewable energy facilities.
BioGenpower's CEO, Christian Reeve commented, "This is a tremendous opportunity for financial institutions, utility and waste companies (national and regional) and the larger construction companies to partner with us and share in each other's synergies. We have site location, planning and technology expertise, while others have waste management, construction or purely financial skills. Together we can move forward and develop robust, green and clean waste and energy solutions."
BioGenpower have used this approach in the past and are currently developing Energy Recovery Facilities both in Northern Ireland and the West Midlands in similar joint venture partnerships. Christian went on to say: "We know that there are a large number of interested parties out there who would like to invest in high technology waste disposal infrastructure and renewable energy solutions, but do not have the know-how, development skills or the time. Linking with BioGenpower brings quick and cost effective investment opportunities".
Partnering with BioGenpower can take several forms and a solution can be bespoke to fit an investors requirements. Christian added, "We appreciate that many joint venture partners have very different objectives, however, we are sure that we have a solution to fit. Some of our partners want to invest solely in the site and the development opportunity while others want full participation in the build out of the facility and its ongoing operation. We believe that we can accommodate all requirements going forward."
BioGenpower have five facilities with full planning consent located across the UK with a further three awaiting planning decisions. They have a number of other sites within their development portfolio which would no doubt interest third parties wanting to take a stake in an interesting and profitable sector. BioGenpower are also able to offer partners 'technology exclusivity' through their supply agreement with world leading Energos ERF technology. Energos have eight fully operational facilities across Europe and provide proven gasification solutions for residual waste treatment.
Interested parties should contact Christian Reeve or a member of the development team for further details.
ERF Project Portfolio
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
On 17th September 2009, BioGenpower were granted planning consent by the Vale of Glamorgan Council to build their 4th Energos Energy Recovery Facility at Barry Dock. The facility will treat 80,000 tonne of non-hazardous household and commercial waste. Exporting some 6MWe of low carbon renewable electricity to some 15,000 local homes, there are also plans to supply steam and renewable electricity to local businesses on and near the dock. The four acre site has been acquired from landlords Associated British Ports and is the second BioGenpower to receive planning consent in South Wales, following success earlier in the year at Newport Dock. The Barry and Newport sites will be developed as sister waste treatment facilities and will boast a combined gasification capacity of just over 200,000 tonnes per year.
Irvine, North Ayrshire
BioGenpower has already successfully achieved planning consent to build an 80,000 tonne ENERGOS EfW gasification plant in Irvine, North Ayrshire. This will be the UK's first EfW gasification plant of its type and size and will be built , subject to agreeing contracts, under a JV agreement between ENER-G Holdings plc, the owner of the chosen ENERGOS EfW technology and BioGenpower Limited. Work is expected to commence early in 2010, with the plant expected to be fully operational by early 2010. BioGenpower plan to build and operate 12 similar plants across the UK by 2013.
Proposed Illustrations - Irvine Plant
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Sketch Proposed Site Layout and Indicative Floor Plan
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Newport, South Wales
On 1st April 2009, Newport City Council granted BioGenpower permission to build a 120,000 tonne Energos Energy Recovery Facility at Newport Dock, Monmouthshire. It is estimated that the ERF will come on line in mid 2012, providing much needed waste treatment facilities for household and commercial non hazardous wastes arising within the local area. The facility will export some 11MWe of renewable electricity to the local grid system, with negotiations underway to supply heat to nearby industry. While the facility occupies a relatively small footprint (c4 acres) and is located adjacent to an existing landfill site, the capacity of this advanced Energy Recovery Facility is equivalent to 3 million tonnes of waste being sent to landfill, over the estimated 25 year plant life cycle.
Plant Designs
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Doncaster
Following on from the successfully planning application at Newport, on 21st July 2009 Doncaster Metropolitan Council granted BioGenpower planning consent to build a Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) at Kirk Sandall, Doncaster. The facility will be similar to that planned for Newport, with the ability to treat some 120,000 tonnes of residual waste per year. Build-out will take approximately two years and will create hundreds of construction jobs. Exporting some 9.5 MWe of low carbon electricity into the local grid network, this will be enough power to benefit c20,000 homes. It is also hoped that the facility will provide valuable heat and steam to local industry based in and around the Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate. The consented ERF will place Doncaster at the leading edge of responsible and sustainable waste treatment, providing a long term solution to landfill diversion, recycling and green energy generation. The c5 acre site was once a distribution hub for the adjacent PolyPipe business.
Bradford
On 31st March 2010, BioGenpower were granted full planning consent by Bradford City Council to build the world's largest Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) using gasification to treat residual municipal and commercial non hazardous waste. The 160,000 tonne per year Energos Facility will be located on Ripley Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire. While the world's largest facility of its type, it is still small scale in relative terms when compared with the rather unfashionable 'mass burn' incinerators that seem to be proving very unpopular within any sustainable and integrated waste disposal solution. This facility will make a significant contribution to the regions overall landfill diversion targets going forward and will provide a proven and cost effective alternative for either MSW or CIW .
It is hoped that construction work will commence in late 2011 and will be completed late in 2013. BioGenpower's plans will include further negotiation with local business to further investigate options to promote the technologies CHP ability, delivering even bigger savings in carbon reduction. With a c£100m capital costent, the project will provide up to 200 construction jobs during the two year build period. Once completed, the facility will employ some 45 local people, with a similar number of indirect jobs as a consequence.
We have once again chosen Energos world leading gasification technology to provide a green waste management solution for Bradford. It is extremely clean, boasts very low emission & noise levels, has high operational uptime and is small scale, offering a local solution to local waste issues. In addition, the 83,300 MWe per year of exportable renewable electricity will benefit some 23,000 local homes, replacing valuable fossil fuels and reducing the associated carbon footprint."
Other Plant Designs
Alternative Plant Designs
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Plant design is flexible and can accommodate existing buildings and specific location requirements
