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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an [[ERF]] based on its [[R1]] status. Devonport has a permitted operational capacity of 265,000 tonnes per annum, and is owned and operated by [[MVV Environment]]. Delivery of waste is primarily by road and the facility processes primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and some [[Commercial Waste]]. It is located in North Yard, next to Her Royal Majesty's Naval Base Devonport. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Devonport facility was built primarily to service a 25 year [[PFI]] contract signed in March 2011 with [[South West Devon Waste Partnership]] (or [[SWDWP]]) which comprises [[Torbay Council]], [[Plymouth City Council]], and [[Devon County Council]] with anticipated input of around 163,000 tonnes per annum from these authorities. The site began accepting waste in September 2015, and under a combined heat and power supply agreement with the adjacent naval base, started supplying heat and reached full operations in January 2016. <ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/full-operations-begin-at-plymouth-chp-plant/ Letsrecycle Article]</ref> | |||
==Plant== | ==Plant== | ||
Built by [[MVV Umwelts]]'s in-house contracting company with civil engineering support contract from [[Keir]] the construction started in mid 2012 and was delivered at a reported lifetime cost of GBP £389m<ref>[https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/kier-cleared-to-start-40m-devonport-incinerator Construction Index Article]</ref> and reported<ref>[https://resource.co/article/controversial-plymouth-incinerator-hits-full-operation-10758 Resource Article]</ref> capital cost of GBP £188m. | |||
The plant comprises standard combustion technology, air cooled grate, generating super-heated steam <ref>[https://www.mvv.de/en/about-us/group-of-companies/mvv-umwelt/shareholdings/mvv-environment-ltd/devonport-efw-chp-facility/facts-and-figures MVV Devonport Website]</ref>. It is configured to run on residual [[Household Waste]] and [[Commercial Waste]] to deliver 24MWe of power. [[MVV Environmental]] openly publish their annual plant performance report <ref>[https://www.mvv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Ueber_uns/en/geschaeftsfelder_1/environment_1/plymouth/linksanddownloads/annual_performance_reports/Annual_Performance_Report_MED_2018.pdf Annual Plant Performance Report]</ref> | |||
==Local Authority Users== | ==Local Authority Users== | ||