UK firm will build waste-to-energy plant in the Philippines

Construction could begin by mid-2014. London-based Advanced Plasma Power Ltd., a waste-to-energy developer, intends to build a US$323 million waste-to-energy power plant at a still undetermined location. The plant will have a capacity of 60 MW. The company is negotiating with the operator of a landfill site.

The plant will burn commercial, industrial and household waste to produce clean power. Advanced Plasma intends to begin engineering and design before the end of the year. Construction could start in mid-2014 and be completed before the end of that year.