enfinium, a leading UK energy from waste operator, today announces its Kelvin facility in Sandwell, West Midlands, has received its first waste delivery, marking a key milestone as the project moves toward full operations. The new site this week received 100 tonnes of unrecyclable waste from the facility’s supplier, SUEZ.
Once operational, enfinium’s Kelvin facility will divert up to 395,000 tonnes of unrecyclable waste from emissions-intensive landfill every year and generate up to 44MW of homegrown energy annually, enough to power over 95,000 homes in the UK. Energy from waste sites across the country help to reduce overall emissions from the UK’s waste by diverting waste which cannot be recycled from being sent to landfill, which generates nearly twice the amount of climate-damaging emissions.1
The construction of the site has provided a boost in the West Midlands local economy, with an investment of over £500 million in its development. Over 1,600 jobs have been created during the construction phase and, once operational, the facility will provide 33 high-quality full-time roles, with nearly half being filled by those from the local area.
In May 2025, it was announced that the West Bromwich Heat Network, a town-scale low carbon heat network, was awarded almost £5mn from the government’s Green Heat Network Fund. The scheme will harness heat from enfinium’s Kelvin facility, offering low carbon heating to residential and public buildings across West Bromwich. The government recently recognised that surplus heat is a “critical part” of England’s future energy security in its Warm Homes Plan published in January 20262, underlining the long-term role of energy from waste facilities in the UK’s energy system.
Simon Forshaw, VP Engineering & Construction at enfinium, said: “The arrival of first waste at our Kelvin facility marks a key milestone for the project as it progresses towards full operations later this year and a further example of progress across enfinium’s operations. Our state-of-the-art Sandwell facility will provide the most circular solution to managing the region’s unrecyclable waste, diverting it away from climate-damaging landfill and turning it into homegrown energy.”
Michael Garfield, Regional Commercial Manager for SUEZ, said: “We’re delighted to see enfinium’s Kelvin energy-from-waste facility take its first waste. The facility enhances SUEZ’s existing portfolio of owned and contracted residual offtakes and this multi-facility approach allows us to offer our customers in the Midlands a reliable, competitively priced disposal service for their waste left after recycling.”
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1. Fichtner Consulting Engineers Limited’s Response to Zero Waste Scotland Climate Change Report, Fichtner Consulting Engineers Limited, April 2021, available here: https://brandfolder.com/s/mp2pcf2v59kmn4xcqm463b3h
2. Warm Homes Plan, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, January 2026, p.110, available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696f8a3ec0f4afaa9536a0c4/warm-homes-plan-standard-print.pdf
About enfinium
enfinium is a leading UK energy from waste operator with five operational sites in the UK, in West Yorkshire, Kent and Flintshire, and one in construction. enfinium diverts 2.7 million tonnes of unrecyclable waste from climate-damaging landfill, putting it to good use by turning it into home grown energy, enough to power 600,000 UK homes. enfinium’s ambition is to transform its facilities into local ‘decarbonisation hubs’ powered by the millions of tonnes of unrecyclable waste the UK will produce for decades to come. Using existing energy from waste infrastructure, enfinium could contribute to heat networks, produce electrolytic hydrogen, or use carbon capture technology to provide durable, high quality carbon removals which will be critical for the UK to achieve net zero by 2050. For more on enfinium, please visit https://enfinium.co.uk/.
