About Northacre Renewable Energy Limited.

Northacre Renewable Energy Limited (NREL) is special purpose joint venture established to deliver the Northacre energy from waste (efw) facility in Westbury. NREL is jointly owned by Qair, a European independent renewable energy company, and The Hills Group, a Wiltshire-based company with business activities including waste management, quarrying of aggregates and building new homes.

Our Proposals

The Northacre efw facility will be located in the Northacre Industrial Estate in Westbury alongside industrial developments including Hills’ existing Northacre Resource Recovery Centre (waste treatment facility).

The Northacre facility will provide a sustainable, long term solution for residual business and household waste, currently destined for disposal in landfill and export to Europe, by instead using it to generate low carbon energy. Landfilling of waste and long haulage routes makes a significant contribution to climate change effects. The need for the facility and the suitability of the location have already been clearly established by the existing planning permissions.

The Benefits

The facility represents a major investment in Wiltshire’s energy infrastructure, generating secure, low carbon energy and will provide employment both during construction and operation. It will create a sustainable, long-term solution for commercial business waste and municipal waste arising in Wiltshire and the surrounding region – which is currently destined for disposal in landfill or export to Europe. The electricity generated will boost the local grid supply network helping to unlock further development opportunities in locally designated employment zones.