Runcorn EfW
One of the largest ERF facilities in the UK, Runcorn EfW has a permitted operational capacity of 1,100,000 tonnes per annum and is operated by Viridor and owned by Viridor and Ineous Chlor. Delivery of waste is by both road and rail and the facility processes both residual Household Waste and Commercial Waste in the form of RDF[1] and in April 2021 it applied to received unprocessed residual MSW waste.
| Runcorn EfW Operational | |
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| Waste Licence | XP3005LB |
| Operator | Viridor |
| Region | North West |
| Operational Capacity | 1,100ktpa |
| Is site R1? | fal |
| When was R1 Granted? | 2021-07-07 |
| What was the R1 value | 0.94 |
| Electrical Capacity | 51.00MWe |
| Number of Lines | 4 |
| Number of Turbines | 2 |
| CHP | Yes |
| Technology Approach | EfW |
| Funding Type | PFI |
Operators Annual Report
Input Data
| Year | HH | C&I | Clin | RDF | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 867660.00 | 867715.66 |
| 2017 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 890932.83 | 890932.83 |
| 2018 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 884331.21 | 884331.21 |
| 2019 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 962234.00 | 962234.00 |
| 2020 | 0.00 | 12641.00 | 2.00 | 930798.00 | 943441.00 |
| 2021 | 983717.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 983717.00 |
| 2022 | 929714.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 929714.00 |
| 2023 | 950547.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 950547.00 |
Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 192298.88 | 22.16% | 32042.80 | 3.69% |
| 2017 | 198563.19 | 22.29% | 33575.76 | 3.77% |
| 2018 | 197623.41 | 22.35% | 30746.42 | 3.48% |
| 2019 | 207406.00 | 21.55% | 32044.00 | 3.33% |
| 2020 | 209552.00 | 22.21% | 29557.00 | 3.13% |
| 2021 | 208434.00 | 21.19% | 33577.00 | 3.41% |
| 2022 | 195222.00 | 21.00% | 29002.00 | 3.12% |
| 2023 | 191237.00 | 20.12% | 29849.00 | 3.14% |
Summary
One of the largest ERF facilities in the UK, Runcorn EfW has a permitted operational capacity of 1,100,000 tonnes per annum and is operated by Viridor and owned by Viridor and Ineous Chlor. Delivery of waste is by both road and rail and the facility processes both residual Household Waste and Commercial Waste in the form of RDF[1] and in April 2021 it applied to received unprocessed residual MSW waste.
History
The Runcorn facility was built in two phases with 425,000 tonnes per annum capacity in each phase. The initial capacity focused on the solution delivered as part of the PFI for GMWDA (Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, now Greater Manchester Combined Authority) and was then subsequently extended to deliver a capacity of 1,100,000 tonnes per annum to reflect the lower Calorific Value of the fuel delivered than was anticipated in the design for 850,000 tonnes per annum. The facility is a CHP plant, located on Ineous Chlor's site in Runcorn, generating 83MWe of electricity (design point vs 100MWe listed capacity) and 51MWth of heat for the adjacent chemical manufacturing site
Plant
Built by Keppel Seghers under a Design & Build EPC-turnkey contract. Phase 1 commenced in 2009 and was handed over in January 2015, and phase 2 commenced in 2010 and handed over in April 2015 at a contract value of GBP £390 million [3]. The plant comprises 4 lines (2 in each phase) of standard combustion technology comprising Keppel Segher's proprietary water-cooled grates, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on RDF with a 'design point' CV of 11.5MJ/kg
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: 722,954.07t
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
Waste Tonnage, By Origin
The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit XP3005LB, that has arrived into sites as reported to the Regulator and then publicised in their reported statistics. The Data was last updated on October 2024. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: 950,547.44t.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 19 12 12 | Wales | 17440.40 |
| 19 12 12 | Scotland | 654.44 |
| 19 12 12 | Kent | 76.08 |
| 19 12 10 | Manchester | 419696.86 |
| 20 03 01 | Manchester | 626.58 |
| 19 12 12 | Lancashire | 23256.40 |
| 19 12 12 | Manchester | 263468.86 |
| 19 12 12 | Cheshire West and Chester | 138666.40 |
| 19 12 12 | Merseyside | 47111.08 |
| 19 12 04 | Cheshire West and Chester | 118.36 |
| 19 12 12 | Stoke-on-Trent | 28300.10 |
| 19 12 12 | Leeds | 223.36 |
| 19 12 12 | North Lanarkshire | 1723.10 |
| 19 12 12 | Blackburn with Darwen | 9185.42 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Viridor Website
- ↑ Runcorn EfW Site PhotoAll Rights Reserved
- ↑ Keppel Sehers Website