Waste-to-Energy Plants in the UK
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Allington Quarry Location: Kent Operator: Kent Enviropower Ltd Configuration: 1 X 51 MW Operation: 2007 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Lurgi T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Lurgi, Hochtief Quick Facts: This is the largest single-unit WTE plant in the UK. Throughput is 500,000 tpy of municipal refuse and the facility will also supply up to 65,000 tpy of sorted materials for recycling. In 2000, Kent County Council granted planning permission for the project, which is sited in an abandoned ragstone quarry, and the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control permit from the Environment Agency was granted in 2002. Kent Enviropower is part of Waste Recycling Group Ltd, which worked with turnkey project contractor and CFB boiler supplier Lurgi, plus Fortum, ehe O&M contractor, and the Royal Bank of Scotland, which helped to raise over £150mn in funding. Photograph courtesy of Kent Enviropower |
Bolton Location: Lancashire Operator: Greater Manchester Waste Ltd Configuration: 1 X 10 MW Operation: 2000 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Volund T/G supplier: Ansaldo Quick Facts: The plant was converted from a mass-burn incinerator to a WTE plant in 2000. The capacity of the plant is about 120,000 tons MSW/yr. Photograph courtesy of Greater Manchester Waste Ltd |
Chineham Location: Hampshire Operator: Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd Configuration: 1 X 8 MW Operation: 2003 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: CNIM T/G supplier: ?? Quick Facts: The capacity of the plant is about 90,000 tons MSW/yr. This is the first of three WTE plants developed as part of the Hampshire Waste Strategy known as ‘Project Integra’. This is a partnership between Hampshire County Council, the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, 11 District Councils, and Hampshire Waste Services, part of Veolia Environmental. Photograph courtesy of Veolia Environmental Services plc |
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Coventry Location: Warwickshire Operator: Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal Configuration: 1 X 12.9 MW, 1 X 4.5 MW Operation: 1992-2000 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Martin T/G supplier: GEC Quick Facts: This is a two-line plant with a capacity of about 250,000 tons MSW/yr. Photograph courtesy of Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal |
Dudley Location: Staffordshire Operator: Dudley Waste Services Ltd Configuration: 1 X 7.4 MW Operation: 1998 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: CNIM T/G supplier: ?? Quick Facts: CNIM and Martin Engineering Systems won the build/own/operate contract for this facility in 1994 and formed the project company. Dudley Waste Services is jointly owned by CNIM (39%) and two private investors, Innisfree and CIBC. The plant has a capacity of about 90,000 tpy of MSW. Photograph courtesy of PPP Forum Ltd |
Grimsby Location: Lincolnshire Operator: NewLincs Development Ltd Configuration: 1 X 3.45 MW CHP Operation: 2004 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Bouillet T/G supplier: Peter Brotherhood EPC: Earth Tech Quick Facts: In Dec 1999, Tiru won a 25yr disposal and recycling contract from the North East Lincolnshire Council. Planning permission for a new WTE plant was granted in Jan 2001 and construction started in Feb 2002. Up to 56,000 tpy of MSW is burned in a single incineration line with a Cyclergie oscillating kiln. All heat and electricity is sold to an adjacent industrial estate. Grimsby has a dry FGD system. Photograph courtesy of Groupe Tiru |
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Lerwick Location: Shetland Islands Operator: Shetland Heat Energy and Power Ltd Configuration: 7 MWt (heat only) Operation: 1999 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: ?? EPC: Bruun & Sørensen Energiteknik AS Quick Facts: Project development by the Shetland Island Council started in 1993. The plant cost £10mn. MSW throughput is about 22,000 tpy and heat is supplied to around 1,100 homes and businesses. The plant DCS was changed out in 2010. Photograph courtesy of Shetland Islands Council |
Marchwood Location: Hampshire Operator: Veolia Environmental Services Configuration: 1 X 14 MW Operation: 2004 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: CNIM T/G supplier: ?? EPC: CNIM Quick Facts: This WTE plant has a unique exterior treatment consisting of a 36m high, 110m diameter hemispherical structure clad in aluminum. The two 65m chimneys rise from the center and the base has a skirt of windows. The plant has a capacity of about 165,000 tpy of MSW. Photograph courtesy of Veolia Environmental Services |
Portsmouth Location: Hampshire Operator: Veolia Environmental Services Configuration: 1 X 14 MW Operation: 2005 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: CNIM T/G supplier: ?? EPC: CNIM Quick Facts: The Portsmouth ERF cost £50mn and has a capacity of about 165,000 tpy of MSW. Photograph courtesy of Veolia Environmental Services |
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Richmod Hill Location: Isle of Man Operator: SITA Waste (IOM) Ltd Configuration: 1 X 6.7 MW Operation: 2004 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: BBP T/G supplier: B+V EPC: Sita, Kvaerner Quick Facts: This plant is owned by the Manx Department of Infrastructure and managed by SITA . It has two incinerators; the primary incinerator uses a water-cooled grate and a secondary incinerator can handle up to 5,000 tonnes of clinical, animal and oil waste. In combination, the facility processes all of the Island's residual domestic and commercial waste and produces approximately 7% of the Island's electricity. Photograph courtesy of Sita |
SELCHP Location: Middlesex Operator: Onyx Selchp Configuration: 1 X 31 MW Operation: 1994 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Steinmuller T/G supplier: ABB EPC: Martin Engineering Quick Facts: In 1988, the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Southwark and Greenwich joined together develop this WTE plant. It has a capacity of about 420,000 tpy of MSW. Photograph courtesy of Onyx Selchp |
Teeside WTE Location: Durham Operator: SITA UK Configuration: 1 X 19.2 MW Operation: 1998 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Volund T/G supplier: Ansaldo Quick facts: This plant is a joint venture between SITA UK and the four Teesside local authorities of Stockton, Middlesborough, Redcar & Cleveland, and Hartlepool. The plant has two furnace lines and a processing capacity of 250,000 tpy of MSW. Photograph courtesy of Babcock & Wilcox Volund |
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Thetford Location: Norfolk Operator: Fibrothetford Ltd Configuration: 1 X 38.5 MW Operation: 1998 Fuel: poultry litter Boiler/incinerator system supplier: FW, Detroit Stoker T/G supplier: Ansaldo EPC: Taylor-Woodrow Quick Facts: Thetford was the world's third poultry litter fired power station and burns over 400,000 tpy of poultry litter. At completion, the £70mn project was the largest yet built under NFFO. Photograph courtesy of Fibrowatt Ltd |
Tyseley Location: Warwickshire Operator: Veolia Environmental Services Configuration: 1 X 28 MW Operation: 1996 Fuel: refuse Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Steinmuller T/G supplier: ?? Quick Facts: The first waste incinerator at Tyseley went online in 1928 and a more modern facility was built in the 1970s. In 1994, a £95mn redevelopment of the site got underway including a new WTE plant. This was finished in Aug 1996 after 29mos of construction and shortly afterwards, the old plant was retired to comply with new EU air quality regulations. An award winning lighting system illuminates the plant at night. The two-stream incinerator has a combined capacity of over 350,000 tpy of MSW and a 15yr Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO) contract. A separate clinical waste incinerator shares the gas cleaning equipment with the main plant. Photograph courtesy of Veolia Environmental Services |
Westfield Location: Fife Operator: Energy Power Resources Ltd Configuration: 1 X 11.8 MW Operation: 2000 Fuel: poultry litter Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Austrian Energy T/G supplier: Austrian Energy EPC: Abengoa Quick facts: This £18mn facility was Scotland's first modern biofuels power plant. It has a BFB boiler and burns up to 110,000 tpy of chicken litter. Photograph by Ingo Tschanun of AE Energietechnik |
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Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 20-Mar-2013