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Energy from waste (EfW) plant developments are a valuable alternative to traditional commercial property and land markets, it has been claimed.

Investors seeking property development finance">commercial property development finance for energy from waste (EfW) projects in Yorkshire stand to benefit in the current climate, it has been claimed.

Speaking to the Huddersfield Examiner, Mike Baugh of property agency DTZ indicated that there is Europe-wide support and recognition of the plants as an important source of green energy.

He told the newspaper: "We are seeing a greater willingness from land owners and developers to deal with EfW type operators, particularly given the lack of traditional occupier interest and a general feel that the impact of waste operators on surrounding land values and ownerships may not be as significant as once thought."

EfW plants are undergoing construction throughout the UK, in areas like Devon and Doncaster.

The Doncaster EfW project has been undertaken at a site next to the existing Stainforth, Hatfield and Dunscroft colliery in a partnership between Waystone and AvVail.