Ardley EfW
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. Ardley has permitted operational capacity of 326,000 tonnes per annum, operated and owned by Viridor. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste and some Commercial Waste[1]
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Operators Annual Report
Input Data
| Year | HH | C&I | Clin | RDF | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 218970.00 | 84655.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 303625.50 |
| 2017 | 206033.00 | 84687.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 290720.00 |
| 2018 | 141737.48 | 148341.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 290079.32 |
| 2019 | 186417.00 | 93364.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 279781.00 |
| 2020 | 214334.00 | 75730.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 290064.00 |
| 2021 | 226512.00 | 107015.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 333527.00 |
| 2022 | 223490.00 | 93664.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 317154.00 |
Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 54472.00 | 17.94% | 6195.68 | 2.04% |
| 2017 | 65412.00 | 22.50% | 6105.12 | 2.10% |
| 2018 | 59299.00 | 20.44% | 6074.36 | 2.09% |
| 2019 | 46795.00 | 16.73% | 6006.00 | 2.15% |
| 2020 | 49558.00 | 17.09% | 6549.00 | 2.26% |
| 2021 | 67769.00 | 20.32% | 7228.00 | 2.17% |
| 2022 | 67267.00 | 21.21% | 6344.00 | 2.00% |
Summary
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. Ardley has permitted operational capacity of 326,000 tonnes per annum, operated and owned by Viridor. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste and some Commercial Waste[2]
History
The Ardley facility was built primarily to service a 25 year PPP contract signed in March 2011 with Oxfordshire County Council, with anticipated total throughput of up to 326,000 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.
Plant
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[3] at a reported [4] £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 Martin Reverse Acting Grate, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual Household Waste
Local Authority Users
Local Authority Data
The table below lists those local authorities who have recorded their tonnage on WasteDataFlow as sending their Waste to this site (either directly or via a transfer station) for the most recent financial year, data was updated on 2023-04-26. 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). The total Local Authority waste received by the plant in the period was: 229,032.72t
A 'zero return' or a below expected return, when compared to the EA Data below indicates that either:
- no local authority tonnage was recorded/no tonnage was sent to the site in the period (but has been listed as it may have previously received tonnage from a local authority) or
- a result of the plant being recently commissioned and actually having received no tonnage or
- a lower than expected tonnage maybe a result of a local authority splitting their tonnage over multiple sites, having less tonnage to send than might be anticipated or
- it may be 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 or
- the local authority may not have correctly entered the site's details on WasteDataFlow
| Authority | Tonnage |
|---|---|
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | 183.620 |
| Bridgend CBC | 14.800 |
| Carmarthenshire County Council | 139.610 |
| Derby City Council | 199.920 |
| Derbyshire County Council | 14.410 |
| Hertfordshire County Council | 72142.020 |
| Milton Keynes Council | 85.490 |
| Monmouthshire CC | 16.630 |
| North Northamptonshire | 5033.220 |
| Oxfordshire County Council | 108485.940 |
| Pembrokeshire County Council | 47.690 |
| Powys County Council | 58.051 |
| Swindon Borough Council | 644.280 |
| Torfaen CBC | 4.610 |
| West Northamptonshire | 12090.640 |
| West Sussex County Council | 75.450 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council | 29796.340 |