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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
The Parc Adfer Energy from Waste facility was developed by and is operated by [[Wheelabrator | The Parc Adfer Energy from Waste facility was developed by and is operated by [[Wheelabrator]], located at the Deeside Industrial Park in Flintshire, North Wales. The facility accepts 200,000 tonnes per year of residual waste as a feedstock from household, business and commercial sources, and produces both electricity and heat through a combustion system as a [[CHP]] plant. The waste feedstock is locally supplied by the 5 counties in the North of Wales representing the [[North Wales Residual Waste Treatment Project]]<ref name= "ref1"> Wheelabrator, 2020. [https://wtiparcadfer.co.uk/about-us/ About - Parc Adfer. Online. Wheelabrator Parc Adfer. [Accessed 6 Feb. 2020]]</ref>. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Wheelabrator Technologies was selected as the preferred bidder to build and operate the Parc Adfer EfW in 2014, entering into a 25 year contract as a [[Public Private Partnership]] (PPP). Support was given by the Welsh Government as the facility serves the five local authorities that make up the North Wales Residual Waste Treatment Project (NWRWTP). Planning consent was granted by Flintshire County Council in May 2015, and the environmental permit was granted by [[Natural Resources Wales]] in October 2015, leading financial close being reached and construction beginning in December 2016 with the full commercial operations starting December 2019<ref name="ref1" />. | Wheelabrator Technologies was selected as the preferred bidder to build and operate the Parc Adfer EfW in 2014, entering into a 25 year contract as a [[Public Private Partnership]] (PPP). Support was given by the Welsh Government as the facility serves the five local authorities that make up the North Wales Residual Waste Treatment Project (NWRWTP). Planning consent was granted by Flintshire County Council in May 2015, and the environmental permit was granted by [[Natural Resources Wales]] in October 2015, leading financial close being reached and construction beginning in December 2016 with the full commercial operations starting December 2019<ref name="ref1" />. | ||
In December 2020 [[Wheelabrator]] announced the sale of their UK energy from waste division to the [[European Diversified Infrastructure Fund III]], a fund managed by [[First Sentier Investors]] (FSI) (formally known as First State Investments) headquartered in Australia<ref>https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/wheelabrator-to-sell-uk-efw-arm/</ref> for completion in early 2021. | |||
==Plant== | ==Plant== | ||