South Clyde Energy Centre

The South Clyde Energy Centre (SCEC) is an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility that will divert 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste away from landfill each year. This new EfW is expected to play an important role in supporting the Scottish Government’s landfill ban, which comes into effect at the end of 2025, and will prevent biodegradable waste being sent to landfill.

The South Clyde Energy Centre will be jointly owned by Fortum and Gren Energy and will be located on the outskirts of Glasgow. Once operational the SCEC will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 67 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide per annum and will generate enough energy to power 70,000 homes. It will be operational 24/7, creating a low cost and sustainable source of electricity. By using state of the art technology, it removes harmful emissions from the non-recyclable material that is incinerated. There is also the possibility that the heat generated from the SCEC will be connected to local district heating for businesses in the area.

The SCEC is also being designed with the potential to add carbon capture technology in the future. This would allow carbon dioxide to be captured and stored by the SCEC, or turned into new materials, reducing greenhouse gas emissions to close to zero.

The SCEC project will create approximately 500 construction jobs and is expected to create 40 full time jobs once fully operational. RPS, now part of Tetra Tech, worked closely with Glasgow City Council to rework the approved design to accommodate the required equipment and streamline the amendments to avoid impacting the agreed project delivery programme.

Billington Structures has worked on a number of other EfW projects across the UK and our team’s considerable experience will be applied to the SCEC. Billington Structures will be providing structural steelwork for the energy centre including the factory, boiler hall, turbine, waste bunker, admin area, water treatment and electricity building