Belvedere residents are being invited to look over plans for a new 'green' energy park proposed on the riverside in a public exhibition this week.

Energy company Cory Riverside Energy has submitted plans for a Riverside Energy Park in the area, which it claims would generate renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions.

According to the company, its Riverside Energy Park will take on 655,000 tonnes of landfill waste and use it to create energy, which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 130,000 tonnes every year.

Cory Energy, which also operates a facility on Norman Road, wants to provide up to 30 megawatts of 'affordable energy' to houses in the area, and offer jobs to local people.

The power company estimates the construction of the new site will offer 6,000 jobs, with plans to put 100 full time jobs and apprenticeships in place when the site is up and running.

The plans, which have not yet been approved, will be on display for residents to consult from May 22-25 in the following locations:

Tuesday, May 22: The Dartford Bridge Learning & Community Campus from 9am-1pm

Wednesday, May 23: Belvedere Community Centre from 4pm-8pm

Thursday, May 24: Slade Green and Howbury Community Centre from 9am-1pm

Friday, May 25: Belvedere Community Centre from 11am-3pm

Nicholas Pollard, CEO of Cory, said: “These information events will introduce people to our proposals and explain how it will help convert more of London’s waste into much-needed low carbon, renewable energy.

“The feedback we get will help us as we prepare for our full consultation later this summer, so I’d encourage everybody to come along and find out more about this genuinely fascinating project.”