Eastcroft EfW
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology which is considered an ERF as a result of having R1 status. Eastcroft has a permitted capacity of 200,000 tonnes per year.
The plant is operated by FCC Environment on the outskirts of Nottingham City Centre. Delivery of waste is by road from a network of waste transfer stations and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste and some Commercial Waste.
Site Details
| Operator | FCC Environment (WasteNotts) |
|---|---|
| Site | Eastcroft EfW |
| Size | Medium |
| Permit No | EP3034SN |
| Plated Capacity | 200 |
| Status | Operational |
Plant Description
The plant was built in the early 1970's and as such information on the contractor and the technology used at the time is scarce.
Eastcroft comprises of 2 lines using standard combustion technology capable of treating 200,000 tonnes per year but with a practical capacity of 185,000 with maintenance[3].
FCC Environment operate the plant under their subsidiary WasteNotts (Reclamation) Limited.
This process generates 180,000 MW of high pressure steam which is piped to the Enviroenergy district heating system on London Road, Nottingham where the turbines are housed to create electricity[4]
The remaining water, which is no longer boiling but is still warm, is then pumped around the city to be used for central heating[4].
In the early 1970s linking an energy from waste facility with district heating was the biggest of its kind in the UK costing in the region of £5m[4].
History
The Eastcroft facility was built primarily to service a 25 year PPP with Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council and became operational in 1973. It was built to treat around 160,000 tonnes per annum of residual Household Waste and some Commercial Waste throughout Greater Nottinghamshire[1][5].
During the 1990's it was upgraded to meet the emission standards imposed by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA) and European Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control 96/61/EC.
FCC Environment have also received planning consent to add an additional line to the facility at Eastcroft see the total amount of Residual Waste treated on site increased by a further 140,000 tonnes per annum over 3 lines, but this has not yet progressed. Eastcroft EfW (3rd Line) contains further details of this potential for expansion.
In 2020 FCC formed Green Recovery Projects Ltd, a new company for its Energy from Waste portfolio to allow the subsequent sale of 49% to Icon Infrastructure. This included the Eastcroft EfW facility [2].
