The anaerobic digestion (AD) plant is being built at the council’s Lochhead landfill site near Dunfermline and have the capacity to process at least 43,000t a year of organic waste.
Recovery methane will provide electricity to 1,500 homes
The contract also includes options to provide post take over services to Fife Council for plant service and maintenance and specialist technical support.
Fife environmental sustainability manager Chris Ewing said: “We believe that turning food and garden waste at Lochhead into power and heat could save the council around £1.2m each year.” It should also reduce carbon emissions by up to 11,000t a year, he said.
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