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MALAYSIA’S KNM Process Systems, a subsidiary of KNM Group, has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a waste-to energy and recycling plant in Peterborough, UK.

The £450m ($695m) contract was awarded by Peterborough Renewable Energy (PREL), the company developing the waste plant. PREL expects to generate 80 MW of electricity from biomass separated from household waste using an automated waste separation system using lasers and optical recognition.

Residues from the combustion of the gasified biomass will be processed using a plasma system to produce syngas, which will be fed back into the system as fuel. Any remaining ash will be used as fertiliser.

Aside from producing energy, PREL plans to recover glass, chemicals, mercury and other heavy metals from waste. The company says this could eventually free Peterborough from having to bury waste in landfill.

KNM said that winning the contract, which is scheduled to last around four years, represented a new drive into the renewable and clean energy sector. The announcement was released through Bursa Malaysia, the Malaysian stock exchange.

KNM Process Systems recently announced it had won a contract to develop gas condensate fields in Uzbekistan.