What does it take to turn an energy-from-waste or anaerobic digestion proposal into a viable, investable project?
In this episode of the Energy from Waste Podcast, Georgie Green visits Paul Winter Consulting in Andover to speak with founder Paul Winter. Drawing on more than 40 years of experience delivering major infrastructure projects, Paul explains how his team supports investors and developers from initial feasibility and financial modelling through to construction, commissioning and handover.
They discuss the UK’s growing energy-security challenge, the importance of reliable baseload power and the role energy from waste and large-scale anaerobic digestion could play alongside wind, solar and nuclear energy.
Paul also explores why waste should increasingly be viewed as a valuable energy resource, the challenges of securing investment, and the planning, permitting and regulatory hurdles that can delay projects before construction has even begun. The conversation also examines carbon capture, including its cost, the lack of a mature market for captured carbon and the need for practical infrastructure to support ambitious net-zero targets.
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This was a great experience and I very much enjoyed talking to Georgie about all things Energy from Waste, UK energy security and North Sea gas & oil.
Thank you, Paul – It was fantastic to have you on the podcast, thank you for coming on! Looking forward to a part two sometime in the not to far future
Absolutely! We’ll get the coffee and biscuits out again.