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[[Category:EfW Plants]] | {{#vardefine:epr|WP3234DY}}[[Category:EfW Plants]] | ||
{{EfWTemplate|EPR= | An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional combustion technology and presently in early stage construction. [[Rookery Pit Energy Recovery Facility (Rookery South)]] has a permitted capacity of 585,000 tonnes per annum. The project is being developed by [[Covanta]] and is was owned by [[Covanta]] (80%), [[Veolia]] (20%) and [[Covanta]] and [[Green Investment Group]] (80%). In March 2022 [[EQT]], the owner of Covanta, bought the interests of the [[Green Investment Group]]<ref name='ref1'>https://www.endswasteandbioenergy.com/article/1748321/covanta-buys-gig-stakes-four-efw-plants</ref>. | ||
[[File:Rookery South.png|400px|left|Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility under construction in December 2020 - Rookery South Newsletter, all rights reserved]]__TOC__ | {{EfWTemplate|EPR={{#var:epr}}|id=47}}[[File:Rookery South.png|400px|left|Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility under construction in December 2020 - Rookery South Newsletter, all rights reserved]]__TOC__<br clear='left'/> | ||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional combustion technology and presently in early stage construction. Rookery Pit ERF has a permitted capacity of 585,000 tonnes per annum. The project is being developed by [[Covanta]] and | An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional combustion technology and presently in early stage construction. Rookery Pit ERF has a permitted capacity of 585,000 tonnes per annum. The project is being developed by [[Covanta]] and was owned by [[Covanta]] (80%), [[Veolia]] (20%) and [[Covanta]] and [[Green Investment Group]] (80%). In March 2022 [[EQT]], the owner of Covanta, bought the interests of the [[Green Investment Group]] in this and three other projects ([[Newhurst EFW]], [[Protos EFW]], and [[Earls Gate Energy Centre]])<ref name = 'ref1'/> to leave [[Green Investment Group]] with no further interest in the projects. | ||
==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
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==Construction== | ==Construction== | ||
The plant gained planning consent in 2013, reached financial close in March 2019, and will delivered by an [[EPC]] turnkey arrangement with [[Hitachi Zosen Inova]] technology. An operational date is programmed for 2022 after a lengthy legal challenge to the development came to an end in November 2019 focused on the issue of the [[Environmental Permit]] <ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/court-rejects-rookery-pit-appeal/ Letsrecycle Article]</ref>. | The plant gained planning consent in 2013, reached financial close in March 2019, and will delivered by an [[EPC]] turnkey arrangement with [[Hitachi Zosen Inova]] technology. An operational date is programmed for 2022 after a lengthy legal challenge to the development came to an end in November 2019 focused on the issue of the [[Environmental Permit]] <ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/court-rejects-rookery-pit-appeal/ Letsrecycle Article]</ref>. The plant was handed over as operational in January 2022<ref>https://www.covanta.com/news/press-releases/covanta-starts-operating-the-rookery-south-energy-recovery-facility-on-schedule</ref>. | ||
==Waste Input== | ==Waste Input== | ||