The facility is part of a £1bn private finance initiative (PFI) contract signed by Suez to manage Suffolk County Council’s residual household waste.
It is capable of recovering energy from 269,000 tonnes of waste per year, generating enough energy for about 30,000 households.
The company invested £180m in the construction of the new facility, near Ipswich in the east of England.
Energy from the county’s residual household waste and some waste from near by counties will be recovered.
Suez environnement CEO Jean Louis Chaussade said: "We are delighted to be working with the county of Suffolk, supporting its ambition to become the greenest county in the UK.
"Our site will allow the county to reduce its CO2 emissions by 75,000 tonnes, while producing green energy at the same time."
Suez built the facility between January 2012 and December 2014, creating 47 permanent jobs on the site.
The site, which was opened earlier this year, includes two waste processing lines and a visitor centre.
Currently, the centre processes 1000 tonnes of waste a day, and since December last year, more than 134,000 tonnes of waste have been processed and used to generate 87,654 hours of energy.
Image: The energy-from-waste facility is located near Ipswich in the east of England. Photo: courtesy of SUEZ environnement.
