Recently, the company secured planning consent for the improved site design for the project.

Scheduled to be commissioned in late 2015, the Bromley site will begin power generation in early 2016.

Currently, the company’s fourth plant in Halstead, Essex is in the final stages of commissioning while the fifth plant is expected to start taking feedstock in Spring 2015 in Hoddesdon, Herts.

Tamar Energy chief executive Willie Heller said: "The Bromley AD facility is ideally located to make the best use of the organic waste in the local area.

"Rather than being sent to landfill or transported long distances, this waste will be used in the most sustainable way – as the feedstock to generate renewable energy.

"The improved design provides greater operational efficiency and an enhanced digestate solution for the site, whilst having no visual or environmental impacts beyond the original scheme.

"The facility will address the ongoing need for local waste treatment while producing enough renewable energy for more than 4,000 UK homes – it’s a win-win situation.’

The company has planning permission for an AD facility to convert around 45,000 tons per annum of food waste into renewable energy.