VEOLIA invests €9M in the Artois Comm. waste-to-energy plant in Labeuvrière to produce green energy

Responsible for operating the Artois Comm. waste-to-energy plant in Labeuvrière – a Béthune-Bruay inter-council partnership facility – VEOLIA has invested €9M to upgrade equipment and purchase a new turbine generator unit. The aim of the investment is to enable this community facility to achieve a waste-to-energy conversion rate of 60%, which is the high standard of energy efficiency specified in the environmental regulations.

The Labeuvrière waste-to-energy plant is a Béthune-Bruay inter-council partnership facility that harnesses the energy produced by burning waste using thermal/electric cogeneration. As a result of the new equipment coming into operation at the end of 2015, the site will provide the manufacturer CRODA with 40,000 MWh/year of steam and will produce up to 19,000 MWh/year of electricity, which will be resold to ErDF. It is equivalent to the electricity needed to supply more than 3,000 households for a year.