The Energy from Waste (EfW) company said that it plans for the site to be fully operational later this year.
Dan James, plant manager for Skelton Grange, said: “We are pleased that Skelton Grange has achieved this milestone as the project moves towards completion in 2025.
“Energy from Waste facilities play an incredibly important role in contributing to a circular economy and reducing emissions from the waste sector by diverting our unrecyclable waste from landfill.
“Our Skelton Grange facility in Leeds is a high-spec, energy efficient site that will transform our unrecyclable waste into electricity to power local homes and businesses for decades to come.”
The facility will receive unrecyclable waste from West Yorkshire and the wider region and has a capacity of 410,000 tonnes which will be used to generate up to 49MW of energy.
Enfinium has invested over £500 million into the site, with the construction phase generating more than 400 jobs. Once fully operational, the facility will employ over 40 people in full time roles.
Development of Skelton Grange
It was announced in July 2021 that Enfinium would be developing that EfW facility in Leeds.
Plans had previously been put in place for a 300,000 tonnes per-year facility to be built at the site by the waste management company Biffa, approved in 2013, but the development did not progress.
The Skelton Grange facility is connected to the Aire Valley Heat and Power Network in Leeds.
In February this year, it was announced that the network had received £19.5 million in funding from the UK government’s Green Heat Network Fund.
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