Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2)

Ferrybridge 2 (with Ferrybridge 1 in background)

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Input Data

Year	HH	C&I	Clin	RDF	Total

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Year	IBA	IBA %ge of Tot IN	APC	APC %ge of Tot IN

Summary

An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and not yet considered an ERF as it does not yet have R1 status, whilst the neighbouring FM1 does. Ferrybridge FM2 has permitted operational capacity of 675,000 tonnes per annum, and is owned and operated by Multifuel Energy Ltd. Delivery of waste is primarily by road, and the facility processes primarily RDF but is able to process a range of other Waste Derived Fuel, hence its 'Multifuel' name.

History

The Ferrybridge FM2 facility was built to service primarily residual Household Waste, Commercial Waste, RDF, SRF and Wood Waste giving it flexibility in the market and responding to the success and demand for the FM1 plant. The core tonnage for the plant has come from a range of suppliers, including RDF from AWM's Treatment facility in Leeds (which receives tonnage from Bradford amongst others) but the plant also includes a large proportion of tonnage from other waste management companies processing Residual Waste to form an RDF for the plant, rather than relying on a core PPP or PFI contract for supply. It is located on the old Ferrybridge 'C' coal fire power station near Knottingley and has Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 (FM1) located adjacent to it, on the same SSE site. The combined FM1 and FM2 are capable of processing 1,350,000 tonnes per annum, making it the biggest Residual Waste EFW site in the UK.

The project was originally a 50:50 joint venture between Wheelabrator and SSE, but in late 2020 SSE sold their share to the European Diversified Infrastructure Fund III, a fund managed by First Sentier Investors (FSI) (formally known as First State Investments) headquartered in Australia. In December 2020 Wheelabrator announced the sale of their UK energy from waste division to the same fund for completion in early 2021.

Plant

Built by Hitachi Zosen Inova under a Design & Build EPC-turnkey contract and was delivered in December 2019 at a reported GBP £325m capital cost. The plant comprises the same design as FM1 - 2 lines of 31.3 tonnes/hour (maximum 42.2 tonnes/hour) design capacity capable of treating 566,000 tonnes per annum via standard combustion technology, air cooled, Hitachi Zosen Inova Grate, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on residual Household Waste, Commercial Waste, RDF, SRF and Wood Waste with a CV of between 8.5 and 16.5MJ/kg to deliver 67.8MWe of power (see Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 (FM1)). Operating at the higher tonnes/ hour figure would result in a capacity close to 690,000 tonnes per annum, but this would require a low CV.

Local Authority Users

The following represents those local authorities recorded as putting tonnage into the site (either directly or via a transfer station). 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). A 'zero return' below indicates no local authority tonnage was recorded, most likely a result of the plant being recently commissioned and actually having received no tonnage. Equally, lower than expected tonnage maybe a result of either 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.

Authority	Tonnage
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	495.940
Bradford City MDC (MBC)	97900.520
Cardiff County Council	1.850
East Riding of Yorkshire Council	69249.450
Leeds City Council MBC	15888.460
Lincolnshire County Council	3554.305
Nottinghamshire County Council	55633.020
Solihull MBC	2214.498
West Northamptonshire	16381.740