Following the design and development phase, M+W Group will engineer, procure and construct the new 12.5MWe thermal treatment plant alongside a new materials recycling facility on the site at Levenseat, in Lanarkshire.
In addition to being the first major new waste treatment and management facility in Levenseat, the new plant is believed to be the first of its kind to be built in the UK, combining fluidised bed gasification technology and refuse derived fuel (RDF).
Fluidised bed gasification technology is expected to provide a more efficient syngas from biomass process than conventional incineration techniques.
Over the lifetime of the new facility, it is estimated that the Levenseat facility will recycle over a million tonnes of materials, including plastics, metals, paper and aggregates.
This will save around 1.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions and help divert more than 1.4 million tonnes of waste that would otherwise go to landfill.
Exporting over 30Gwh of heat and 750GWh of electricity every year, it will also produce enough electricity to supply the equivalent of 18,000 homes.
"We have now secured major programmes of work in waste to energy and nuclear in the UK, based on our ability to demonstrate the value of applying global engineering expertise to enable performance certainty," comments Peter Greenhalgh, M+W Group joint CEO EMEA.
"We are looking forward to successfully delivering the new infrastructure that will enable Levenseat to play a strategically important role in helping Scotland achieve its long term, low-carbon future."