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{{#vardefine:epr|LP3132FX}}[[Category:EfW Plants]]

[[Protos EFW]] is an [[EfW]] facility currently under construction in Ellesmere Port, Ince, Cheshire. The facility will utilise conventional [[combustion]] technology to process 400,000 tonnes per annum and generate 49 MW of electricity which will be exported to the grid after the facility’s own power needs are met (around 42 MW net). {{EfWTemplate|EPR={{#var:epr}}|id=72}}[[File:Protos EFW.png|400px|left|Biffa Protos EFW picture circularonline.co.uk all rights reserved]]__TOC__<br clear='left'/>

[[Protos EFW]] is an [[EfW]] facility currently under construction in Ellesmere Port, Ince, Cheshire. The facility will utilise conventional [[combustion]] technology to process 400,000 tonnes per annum and generate 49 MW of electricity which will be exported to the grid after the facility’s own power needs are met (around 42 MW net). An application was made in December 2021 to increase the capacity to 500,000 tonnes per annum.{{EfWTemplate|EPR={{#var:epr}}|id=72}}[[File:Protos EFW.png|400px|left|Biffa Protos EFW picture circularonline.co.uk all rights reserved]]__TOC__<br clear='left'/>

==Summary==

[[Protos EFW]] is an [[EfW]] facility currently under construction in Ellesmere Port, Ince, Cheshire. The facility will utilise conventional [[combustion]] technology to process 400,000 tonnes per annum and generate 49 MW of electricity which will be exported to the grid after the facility’s own power needs are met (around 42 MW net).

[[Protos EFW]] is an [[EfW]] facility currently under construction in Ellesmere Port, Ince, Cheshire. The facility will utilise conventional [[combustion]] technology to process 400,000 tonnes per annum and generate 49 MW of electricity which will be exported to the grid after the facility’s own power needs are met (around 42 MW net). An application was made in December 2021 to increase the capacity to 500,000 tonnes per annum.

The facility was developed by [[Peel L&P]] as part of their wider Protos<ref>https://www.protos.co.uk/destination/</ref> energy hub in Ince, with the project taken forwards to financial close between joint venture partners [[Biffa]], [[Covanta]] and [[Maquaries]]' [[Green Investment Group]]<ref name="ref1" >[https://www.biffa.co.uk/media-centre/news/biffa-reaches-strategic-milestone-at-protos-efw-facility Biffa Media Centre [Issued 1st December 2020, Accessed March 2021]]</ref>. In March 2022 [[EQT]], the owner of Covanta, bought the interests of the [[Green Investment Group]] in this and three other projects ([[Rookery Pit Energy Recovery Facility (Rookery South)]], [[Newhurst EFW]], and [[Earls Gate Energy Centre]]) to leave [[Green Investment Group]] with no further interest in the projects<ref>https://www.endswasteandbioenergy.com/article/1748321/covanta-buys-gig-stakes-four-efw-plants</ref>.

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 {{#vardefine:epr|LP3132FX}}[[Category:EfW Plants]]
-[[Protos EFW]] is an [[EfW]] facility currently under construction in Ellesmere Port, Ince, Cheshire. The facility will utilise conventional [[combustion]] technology to process 400,000 tonnes per annum and generate 49 MW of electricity which will be exported to the grid after the facility’s own power needs are met (around 42 MW net). {{EfWTemplate|EPR={{#var:epr}}|id=72}}[[File:Protos EFW.png|400px|left|Biffa Protos EFW picture circularonline.co.uk all rights reserved]]__TOC__<br clear='left'/>
+[[Protos EFW]] is an [[EfW]] facility currently under construction in Ellesmere Port, Ince, Cheshire. The facility will utilise conventional [[combustion]] technology to process 400,000 tonnes per annum and generate 49 MW of electricity which will be exported to the grid after the facility’s own power needs are met (around 42 MW net). An application was made in December 2021 to increase the capacity to 500,000 tonnes per annum.{{EfWTemplate|EPR={{#var:epr}}|id=72}}[[File:Protos EFW.png|400px|left|Biffa Protos EFW picture circularonline.co.uk all rights reserved]]__TOC__<br clear='left'/>
 ==Summary==
-[[Protos EFW]] is an [[EfW]] facility currently under construction in Ellesmere Port, Ince, Cheshire. The facility will utilise conventional [[combustion]] technology to process 400,000 tonnes per annum and generate 49 MW of electricity which will be exported to the grid after the facility’s own power needs are met (around 42 MW net).
+[[Protos EFW]] is an [[EfW]] facility currently under construction in Ellesmere Port, Ince, Cheshire. The facility will utilise conventional [[combustion]] technology to process 400,000 tonnes per annum and generate 49 MW of electricity which will be exported to the grid after the facility’s own power needs are met (around 42 MW net). An application was made in December 2021 to increase the capacity to 500,000 tonnes per annum.
 The facility was developed by [[Peel L&P]] as part of their wider Protos<ref>https://www.protos.co.uk/destination/</ref> energy hub in Ince, with the project taken forwards to financial close between joint venture partners [[Biffa]], [[Covanta]] and [[Maquaries]]' [[Green Investment Group]]<ref name="ref1" >[https://www.biffa.co.uk/media-centre/news/biffa-reaches-strategic-milestone-at-protos-efw-facility Biffa Media Centre [Issued 1st December 2020, Accessed March 2021]]</ref>. In March 2022 [[EQT]], the owner of Covanta, bought the interests of the [[Green Investment Group]] in this and three other projects ([[Rookery Pit Energy Recovery Facility (Rookery South)]], [[Newhurst EFW]], and [[Earls Gate Energy Centre]]) to leave [[Green Investment Group]] with no further interest in the projects<ref>https://www.endswasteandbioenergy.com/article/1748321/covanta-buys-gig-stakes-four-efw-plants</ref>.