Titan Group will build and operate a processing and beneficiating facility for ponded fly ash, following an agreement with Peel NRE, which bought the Fiddler鈥檚 Ferry power station site in Warrington from SSE in 2022.
The facility is expected to become operational by the first quarter of 2027.
Titan has struck a long-term deal with Peel NRE to extract and process the ash from the lagoons to use as an ingredient in low carbon cement. Peel, meanwhile, gets help with the restoration of the site.
聽The facility will be able to process 300,000 tons of wet fly ash annually starting from 2027, with the potential to double this capacity. The processed fly ash will meet the BS EN 450 standard that ensures the quality and consistency of fly ash when used as a pozzolanic addition to cement or concrete mixtures.
Titan head of鈥痗ementitious Jean-Philippe Benard said:鈥�"This project is a major step forward in implementing our鈥痝rowth鈥痵trategy. Expanding our alternative cementitious business, we are enhancing the sustainability of the construction sector. We are also meeting the growing demand for innovative, high-performance building materials, leveraging the proprietary technology of our company, ST Equipment & Technology. We are very pleased with our long-term partnership with Peel, which will deliver value to the environment, our customers and the neighbouring communities.鈥�
ST Equipment & Technology (STET) has been a subsidiary of Titan Group since 2002. Developed in Massachusetts, its proprietary dry electrostatic process has been applied for fly ash beneficiation since 1995. The Fiddler鈥檚 Ferry project will be the 20th fly ash project developed with STET technology.
Peel NRE has planning permission to develop almost 1.4m sq ft of employment space at the former power station site.
Peel NRE director Kieran Tames said: 鈥淲e are very pleased to have reached this agreement with Titan, which follows years of hard work fully evaluating the potential to transform the waste ash material from the power station directly into a low-carbon construction product. This agreement has the potential to accelerate the recovery of waste ash from the lagoons, enabling their restoration and enhancement as envisaged by the development framework that was approved by the local authority last year. Through our partnership, existing customers will continue to source ash from the site, ensuring continuity of supply for their applications.鈥�
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