GO-AHEAD: The Energy Recovery Facility on Showground Road in Bridgwater. Pic: Somerset County Council. A NEW energy recovery facility can be completed near the M5 following a decision by Somerset councillors. Martin Arkins of Bridgwater Resource Recovery Ltd. was granted planning permission in April 2015 to construct the facility on Showground Road in Bridgwater, not far from the Hopkins concrete plant. Construction on the site is progressing well, with the new facility expecting to start generating energy from burning refuse by the end of the year. Somerset County Council has now signed off on the final planning permission for the site, formalising how much material it will handle a year and how many extra vehicle movements will be permitted.