Battlefield EfW
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. Battlefield EfW is located at Battlefield Enterprise Park north of Shrewsbury town in the county of Shropshire in the West of England. The facility has a permitted operational capacity of 102,000 tonnes per annum, exporting up to 8 MW electricity to the national grid after the plants own power needs are supplied for. The facility is a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility producing heat as well as electricity[1].
| Battlefield EfW Operational | |
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| Waste Licence | XP3239GF |
| Operator | Veolia |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Operational Capacity | 102ktpa |
| Is site R1? | Yes |
| When was R1 Granted? | 2011-10-11 |
| What was the R1 value | 0.67 |
| Electrical Capacity | 8.00MWe |
| Number of Lines | 1 |
| Number of Turbines | 1 |
| CHP | Yes |
| Technology Approach | EfW Incineration |
| Funding Type | PFI |
Operators Annual Report
Input Data
| Year | HH | C&I | Clin | RDF | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 71651.00 | 22770.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 94421.00 |
| 2017 | 80534.00 | 16297.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 96831.00 |
| 2018 | 95691.00 | 801.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 96492.00 |
| 2019 | 98515.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 98515.00 |
| 2020 | 99254.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 99254.00 |
| 2021 | 100488.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100488.00 |
| 2022 | 97938.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 97938.00 |
Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 19109.00 | 20.24% | 2545.00 | 2.70% |
| 2017 | 19698.00 | 20.34% | 2484.00 | 2.57% |
| 2018 | 18750.00 | 19.43% | 2401.00 | 2.49% |
| 2019 | 18014.00 | 18.29% | 2440.00 | 2.48% |
| 2020 | 18747.00 | 18.89% | 2264.00 | 2.28% |
| 2021 | 19305.00 | 19.21% | 2264.00 | 2.25% |
| 2022 | 17819.00 | 18.19% | 2163.00 | 2.21% |
Summary
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. Battlefield EfW is located at Battlefield Enterprise Park north of Shrewsbury town in the county of Shropshire in the West of England. The facility has a permitted operational capacity of 102,000 tonnes per annum, exporting up to 8 MW electricity to the national grid after the plants own power needs are supplied for. The facility is a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility producing heat as well as electricity[1].
The plant is owned and operated by Veolia. The waste feedstock utilised at the plant is primarily residual household waste arising from across Shropshire, from towns including Oswestry, Market Drayton and Shrewsbury[2]. This accounts for 45% of Municipal Solid Waste generated in the county[3].
History
The plant has been developed under a 27-year PFI contract signed between Veolia and Shropshire Council in 2007. The Environmental Permit was granted in June 2010, and planning permission was granted by the Planning Inspectorate in January 2012[4]. Construction of the plant began in late 2012, during May 2015, construction and commissioning of the EfW was completed and operations began. HRH The Princess Royal formally opened the plant in January 2017[2].
Plant
The facility cost £100 million to develop[2]. The plant employs a moving grate combustion system supplied by CNIM, with EPC services for the plant carried out by the partnership of Clungston Construction and CNIM[3].
The plant is located next to a Household Waste Recycling Centre and a Waste Transfer Station.
Local Authority Data
The table below lists those local authorities who have recorded their tonnage on WasteDataFlow as sending their Waste to this site (either directly or via a transfer station) for the most recent financial year, data was updated on 2023-04-26. The tonnage received cannot be directly compared with the stated historical tonnage received and recorded in the EA statistics as these are recorded on a calendar year basis (i.e. January 2018 to December 2018). The total Local Authority waste received by the plant in the period was: 72,936.33t
A 'zero return' or a below expected return, when compared to the EA Data below indicates that either:
- no local authority tonnage was recorded/no tonnage was sent to the site in the period (but has been listed as it may have previously received tonnage from a local authority) or
- a result of the plant being recently commissioned and actually having received no tonnage or
- a lower than expected tonnage maybe a result of a local authority splitting their tonnage over multiple sites, having less tonnage to send than might be anticipated or
- it may be a new plant being in 'ramp up' towards full capacity after construction or
- may be a result of plant shut down and subsequent re-start in a year or
- the local authority may not have correctly entered the site's details on WasteDataFlow
| Authority | Tonnage |
|---|---|
| Powys County Council | 51.380 |
| Shropshire | 72884.950 |
Waste Tonnage, By Origin
The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit XP3239GF, that has arrived into sites as reported to the Regulator and then publicised in their reported statistics. The Data was last updated on October 2023. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: 97,938.22t. Where this tonnage exceeds that reported in year of the corresponding annual report, this may be due to the following reasons:
- Tonnage may have been received but not incinerated, i.e. the material is held pending incineration (the operator return to the EA reports as received whereas the annual report focuses on when the waste is incinerated.)
- Material may have been received into the site but treated in some other way than incineration.
- Material may have been received on the but transferred out of site for disposal/treatment at another site rather than incineration on the site.
| EWC Code | Origin of Waste | Tonnes In |
|---|---|---|
| 20 03 01 | Wirral | 3880.44 |
| 19 12 12 | Herefordshire | 391.50 |
| 20 03 01 | Stoke-on-Trent | 686.92 |
| 20 03 01 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 71.90 |
| 20 03 01 | Birmingham | 136.72 |
| 20 03 07 | Shropshire | 13.50 |
| 20 03 01 | Derbyshire | 231.96 |
| 20 03 01 | Shropshire | 68873.68 |
| 20 03 01 | West Northamptonshire | 18.42 |
| 20 03 01 | Northamptonshire | 60.52 |
| 20 03 01 | Derby | 90.22 |
| 20 03 01 | Newark and Sherwood | 163.12 |
| 20 03 01 | Telford and Wrekin | 23319.32 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Veolia, 2020. Energy Recovery Facility. Online. Veolia Shropshire. [Accessed 10 Feb. 2020.]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lets Recycle, 2017. Battlefield ERF gets Royal approval. Online. letsrecycle.com. [Accessed 10 Feb. 2020.]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 CNIM, 2017. Shrewsbury Energy Recovery Facility, United Kingdom. Online. Cnim.com. [Accessed 10 Feb. 2020.]
- ↑ Resource, 2013. Construction on Shropshire EfW facility begins. Online. Resource Magazine. [Accessed 10 Feb. 2020.]