Encyclis reaches agreement to transfer operation of Dublin facility to Kanadevia Inova and launch plant upgrade programme

Encyclis has announced the start of a formal process to transfer its current operations and maintenance contract for the Dublin Waste to Energy facility to its technology partner, Kanadevia Inova. Encyclis, a leading pureplay Energy-from-Waste business in the UK & Ireland, will continue to own 50% of the Dublin facility alongside its co-shareholders.

Encyclis, a leading pureplay Energy-from-Waste business in the UK & Ireland, will continue to own 50% of the Dublin facility alongside its co-shareholders.

Encyclis, previously known as Covanta Europe, was the original developer of the Dublin facility has managed the operation and maintenance of the plant since it became active in 2017. Kanadevia Inova was the plant’s principal contractor for design, build and commissioning.

The new agreement will see the operation and maintenance of the facility pass to Kanadevia Inova, alongside the signing of a parallel contract to upgrade the plant, enabling it to achieve its new permitted capacity to process up to 690,000 tonnes of residual waste per year.

Formal completion of the contract is expected to take place in the summer when the necessary regulatory approvals have been obtained.

In addition to Dublin, Encyclis is the owner of a fleet of energy recovery facilities in the UK. This includes its Rookery South ERF in Bedfordshire, Newhurst ERF in Leicestershire and Earls Gate Energy Centre in Scotland, as well as Protos ERF in West Cheshire and Walsall ERF in the West Midlands, which are both under construction. The company also owns an IBAA processing facility in Wellingborough which recovers metals and converts bottom ash into secondary aggregates for the construction industry.

The company continues to move forward with its growth strategy, including the planned deployment of carbon capture at the Protos facility, an industry-first project which is backed by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero as part of the HyNet North West decarbonisation cluster.

Encyclis CEO Owen Michaelson said: “We have a long-standing strategic relationship with Kanadevia Inova, which has been responsible for the design, construction and commissioning of three of our operational plants and is currently working on a fourth. As a company, Encyclis is committed to continuous optimisation to deliver outstanding performance across our portfolio now and in the future. We work in a dynamic sector that requires constant consideration of new approaches and bold thinking.  The strategic agreement we have reached with Kanadevia Inova has been carefully configured to provide employees at the Dublin facility and other stakeholders with certainty going forward.”

Bruno-Frederic Baudoin, CEO at Kanadevia Inova, said: “We are delighted to kick-start the process of transferring the O&M Dublin team and their outstanding value-added expertise into our operations in Europe. We are similarly very excited to start implementing an upgrade solution that ensures a plant we originally designed and built to handle 600,000 tonnes of waste can safely and reliably operate at 15% higher capacity. Kanadevia Inova’s ability to increase plant performance at a fraction of the corresponding investment for a new-build and provide a guarantee through the O&M contract is a game-changer in the industry.”