Biomass Waste EFW: Difference between revisions
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! Biomass !! Overview !! Tonnage (mt) '16-'17 !! Power Generated (GWh) '16-'17 | ! Biomass !! Overview !! Tonnage (mt) '16-'17 !! Power Generated (GWh) '16-'17 | ||
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| [[Wood Waste]] || There | | [[Wood Waste]] || There were 23 [[Wood Waste]] facilities operating in the UK with another 3 taking a combination of [[Wood Waste]] and [[Virgin Wood]] and one a mixture of [[Wood Waste]] and [[MBM]]; 7 facilities are currently under construction|| 1.63 || 1273 | ||
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| [[Meat and Bone Meal]] ([[MBM]]) || There | | [[Meat and Bone Meal]] ([[MBM]]) || There were only two main facilities treating this waste stream with a third due on line || 0.18 || 145 | ||
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| [[Agricultural Waste]] || There | | [[Agricultural Waste]] || There were four plants in operation treating in the region of 1.0Mtpa with the dominant material being straw (animal bedding/feed) taking up around 80% of supply. Poultry Litter is sent to three large scale facilities with remaining tonnage sent to AD facilities and used in agriculture as a fertilizer. || 1.37 || 1225 | ||
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| [[Sewage Sludge EFW|Sewage Sludge]] || Is managed exclusively in the UK as part of waste water integrated treatment process by the [[Sewerage Undertakers]] (two plants were operated by [[Thames Water]] and a third by [[United Utilities]]). The trend in the sector is increasingly to use advanced [[AD]] to extract energy from the [[Biogas]] generated. || 0.10 || 23 | | [[Sewage Sludge EFW|Sewage Sludge]] || Is managed exclusively in the UK as part of waste water integrated treatment process by the [[Sewerage Undertakers]] (two plants were operated by [[Thames Water]] and a third by [[United Utilities]]). The trend in the sector is increasingly to use advanced [[AD]] to extract energy from the [[Biogas]] generated. || 0.10 || 23 | ||