Gladmuir RRF
Gladmuir Resource Recovery Facility (previoulsy Levenseat EfW) is an EfW plant with a permitted capacity of 96,795 tonnes per year of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF).
The RDF is produced at an adjacent Materials Recycling Facility (“MRF”) with capacity of 250,000 tonnes of mixed residual waste per year. The plant is located in West Lothian near Forth in Central Scotland[1][2].
Site Details
| Operator | Cobalt Energy |
|---|---|
| Site | Gladmuir Resource Recovery Facility |
| Size | Small |
| Permit No | PPC/A/1150156 |
| Plated Capacity | 96.8 |
| Status | Operational |
Plant Description
The plant is a single line, fluidised bed Gasification plant by Outotec, generating super-heated steam to drive a turbine to generate electricity to the grid.
The plant commenced construction in 2015 under a turnkey EPC contract with MW High Tech Projects UK.
After an extended commissioning period the EfW plant was reported as achieving take over in late November 2020[5].
Three former directors of MW High Tech Projects UK were being sued by their employers for entering into the contract at £87m when it is alleged it should have been in excess of £100m[7].
History
Levenseat Renewable Energy Limited was an offshoot of Levenseat Ltd and had investment from Green Investment Bank (subsequently acquired by Bioenergy Infrastrucutre Group), Foresight Group and Zouk Capital and debt from Investec Bank when it reached financial close in March 2015 for GBP£111m[3][4].
Levenseat EfW Phase 2 received planning consent in late 2020 to vary its consent and approach to a conventional combustion technology and an increase to its capacity to 135MW thermal[5]. This plant has not been developed to date.
In May 2025 Levenseat Reneable Energy Llimited went into administration - the operation and maintenance was taken over by Cobalt Energy and the facility renamed the Gladsmuir Resource Recovery Facility comprising the 250,000tpa RDF production facility and 97,000tpa EFW facility[6].
