Waste projects—merchant energy from waste infrastructure contracts
Produced in partnership with Phil Harris, Stephenson Harwood. The original version was produced in partnership with Irwin Mitchell.
Practice notesWaste projects—merchant energy from waste infrastructure contracts
Produced in partnership with Phil Harris, Stephenson Harwood. The original version was produced in partnership with Irwin Mitchell.
Practice notes
EU targets to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill and technology innovation has led to the development of new waste infrastructure being developed in the UK.
In general, there are two main contracting structures for these projects:
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waste Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) infrastructure contracts (in November 2018 the government announced that it will no longer use PF2, the latest model of PFI for new government projects. Existing PFI and PF2 contracts entered into prior to November 2018 will still continue)
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and merchant waste infrastructure contracts
This Practice Note focuses on merchant waste infrastructure contracts. For information about waste PPP/PFI projects, see Practice Note: Waste projects—waste PFI/PPP infrastructure projects.
For background information on waste projects generally, including common types of waste projects, see: Waste projects—overview.
Typical merchant waste projects
Merchant waste projects are types of project where the sponsoring body is a private company such as the Green Investment Group. For example, they include projects which
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Jurisdiction(s):
United Kingdom
Key definition:
PPP definition
What does PPP mean?
Public Private Partnership—a collaboration between public bodies (eg local authorities or central government) and private companies. Some PPPs involve setting up joint venture companies.
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