Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility

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An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology that was acquired by Enfinium from Verus (Energy Oak Ltd) in 2021 and presently in construction, having reached financial close in November 2021. It has a forecast operational capacity of 395,000 tonnes per annum.[1].

Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility
Under Construction
Site Location
Site Location

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Waste Licence DP3038JC
Operator Enfinium
Region West Midlands
Operational Capacity 400ktpa
Is site R1? fal
When was R1 Granted?
What was the R1 value 0.00
Electrical Capacity 39.00MWe
Number of Lines 0
Number of Turbines 0
CHP No
Technology Approach EfW
Funding Type [[]]

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

Kelvin EFW, all rights reserved Enfinium
Kelvin EFW, all rights reserved Enfinium


Summary

An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology that was acquired by Enfinium from Verus (Energy Oak Ltd) in 2021 and presently in construction, having reached financial close in November 2021. It has a forecast operational capacity of 395,000 tonnes per annum (with a permitted maximum of 400,000 tonnes per annum).

Technology

The plant technology will comprise a single line of a standard moving grate, processing around 45 tonnes per hour of waste and producing super-heated steam and 39MWe gross, with a net export of 34MWe[2]

Construction

The plant is being constructed under an EPC contract with Acciona. The combustion and steam generation technologies are supplied by Babcock & Wilcox Renewable[3].

Waste Input

The plant is intended to run on residual Household Waste and Commercial Waste and RDF with 50% secured through a long term supply agreement with Suez, with further announcments of supply from Biffa and B&M Waste in October 2021[4].

References

  1. https://enfinium.co.uk/facilities/kelvin/
  2. Permit Introductory Note
  3. B&W Clean Power Production Case Studies » Babcock & Wilcox
  4. Cision PR Newswire