Enviroparks Hirwaun Generation Site

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An EfW facility based upon Gasification technology. Enviroparks envisaged a range of technologies on their 20 acre site, and started by building the first phase, an RDF production facility in June 2015. Other developments were delayed and a new planning application was submitted and approved in late 2017 for a revised EfW proposal. A more recent planning application was submitted in early 2020 for an increase to the height of the stack to 90 metres[1]. Zues Renewables have been an investment partner in the project[2].


Enviroparks Hirwaun Generation Site
Planning
Site Location
Site Location

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Waste Licence Tbc07
Operator Enviroparks Operations
Region Wales
Operational Capacity 250ktpa
Is site R1? fal
When was R1 Granted?
What was the R1 value 0.00
Electrical Capacity 20.00MWe
Number of Lines 0
Number of Turbines 0
CHP No
Technology Approach ACT
Funding Type Merchant

Operators Annual Report


Input Data

Year HH C&I Clin RDF Total


Output Data

Year IBA IBA %ge of Tot IN APC APC %ge of Tot IN

Cross section of EFW Plant from Planning Documents
Cross section of EFW Plant from Planning Documents


Summary

An EfW facility based upon Gasification technology. Enviroparks envisaged a range of technologies on their 20 acre site, and started by building the first phase, an RDF production facility in June 2015. Other developments were delayed and a new planning application was submitted and approved in late 2017 for a revised EfW proposal. A more recent planning application was submitted in early 2020 for an increase to the height of the stack to 90 metres[3]. Zues Renewables have been an investment partner in the project[4].

Technology

The plant is a 3 line gasification plant, based on grate based technology by Biomass Power Limited, generating steam to turbines delivering 86,724 MWe hours/year, or around 11MWe[5].

Construction

There is no information on the current status of funding or construction of the project in the public domain. The building for the waste reception and processing appears complete.

Waste Input

The plant is designed to run on 83,000 tonnes per annum of prepared RDF from offsite sources, and 155,0000 tonnes per annum of residual Household Waste and Commercial Waste prepared into an RDF in the adjacent fuel processing facility.

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