More than 10,000 tonnes of ash from Drax Power Station has played a crucial role in the early completion of the 海角视频’s biggest road scheme.
Last month the £1.5 billion A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme was completed six months ahead of schedule.
The ash from Drax was a key ingredient in the project’s concrete structures.
Power Minerals Ltd, which has a team based at the power station marketing the station’s ash stockpile, partnered with concrete firm Mick George to supply the scheme.
“The success of the A14 scheme shows what the 海角视频’s construction sector is capable of,
when it works as one to achieve a common goal,” said Nigel Waldron, managing director of PML.
“Our long-standing relationship with Drax and our partnership with Mick George was just one part of a collective industry-wide effort that has resulted in the A14 project coming in before time and on budget.
“Infrastructure projects can play a major part in restarting the 海角视频’s economy post-coronavirus, and this project, which was the biggest road building scheme in the 海角视频, is a prime example of what can be achieved by industry working across the sectors.”
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Major construction and development projects that use PML’s ash in their concrete boast better ‘green’ credentials, as the cement manufacturing process uses significantly less energy. Using power station ash to make concrete also protects the environment, by removing the need to mine fresh aggregate.
In February, Drax announced that it would stop using coal in March next year. PML is now exploring new markets for the by-products of biomass power stations, and other renewable energy plants.
Mike Maudsley, Drax Group’s 海角视频 portfolio generation director, said: “The use of our ash in this major construction project will leave a lasting legacy in the communities it has helped to connect across the A14 long-after coal generation comes to an end at the power station.”
The £1.5 billion A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme took four years to complete, upgrading 21 miles of road to transform journeys on the A14 in Cambridgeshire, shaving up to 20 minutes off journeys and strengthening links between the North, the Midlands and the East of England.