Trident Park (Cardiff ERF): Difference between revisions

The Trident Park facility was built primarily to service a 25 year [[PPP]] contract signed in December 2013 by Cardiff City Council on behalf of the Prosiect Gwyrdd (Project Green) partnership of five local authorities in South Wales ([[Cardiff County Council | Cardiff]], [[Newport City Council| Newport]], [[Monmouthshire County Council |Monmouthshire]], [[Vale of Glamorgan Council| Vale of Glamorgan]] and [[Caerphilly County Borough Council|Caerphilly]], with anticipated input of 172,000 tonnes per annum of the total design capacity of 350,000 tonnes per annum - receiving additional residual [[Commercial Waste]] and some [[Household Waste]] from other local authorities. It is located on [[Viridor]]'s [[Landfill]] near Bicester, close to the M40, and with the opening of the facility [[Viridor]] announced the closure of the adjacent [[Landfill]] in 2014.   

Built by a JV between [[CNIM]] and [[Clugson]] under a Design & Build [[EPC]]-turnkey contract which started in March 2011 and was delivered in November 2014<ref>[https://cnim.com/en/turnkey-energy-recovery-facility-oxford CNIM Website]</ref> at a reported <ref>[http://haggaiprojects.co.uk/efw-projects/4594784023 Haggai Projects Website]</ref> £220m capital cost.

The plant comprises 2 lines of 20 tonnes/hour design capacity capable of treating 300,000 tonnes per annum via standard combustion technology generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual [[Household Waste]]