Veolia Gets EUR 450 Mln-15 Year Contract To Operate Biomass Power Plant, Ireland

(RTTNews) - French resource management firm Veolia Environnement SA (VE) Monday announced that its unit in Ireland Veolia Energy Services has been awarded by Mayo Renewable Power a 450 million euros-contract over 15 years to operate a biomass power plant in Killala, Co. Mayo, in Ireland.

The plant will be the largest independent biomass power plant in Ireland. It will provide 42.5MW of Combined Heat and Power, enough electricity to power the equivalent of 68,000 homes.

In addition to operating and maintaining the power production plant and the adjacent fuel processing plant, Veolia will also supply the total biomass fuel requirement for the facility.

The company said the plant will use similar technology to that applied at Veolia's biomass facilities at Merritt and Fort St. James in British Colombia, Canada.

Moreover, the operations and maintenance contract will directly create 30 new jobs at the facility in Killala. The plant will be in commercial operation in mid-2017.