Western Wood Energy Plant
A Biomass Waste EFW facility Western Wood Energy Plant is based upon the co-firing of virgin wood and forestry processing rejects, with only small amounts of clean Wood Waste to generate 14MWe[1].
| Western Wood Energy Plant Operational | |
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| Operator | Western Bio-Energy Ltd |
| Capacity | 16.4 MWe |
| Feedstock | Waste Wood/Virgin |
| EPR (Waste Licence) | ZP3939GL |
| ROC | Yes |
| CfD | |
| CHP | Unkwn |
Operators Annual Report
Input Data
| Year | Wood | Litter | RDF | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61769 | 0 | 0 | 64873 | 126642 |
| 2022 | 25983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101393 |
Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4111 | 3.25% | 375 | 0.30% |
| 2022 | 4863 | 4.80% | 453 | 0.45% |
Summary
A Biomass Waste EFW facility Western Wood Energy Plant is based upon the co-firing of virgin wood and forestry processing rejects, with only small amounts of clean Wood Waste to generate 14MWe. The Forestry Commission is the largest fuel supplier to the plant.
The Western Wood facility is owned by Western Bioenergy Ltd and Good Energies(UK) LLP is the principle shareholder (with a minority interest by Western Log Group who originally developed the project). ECO2 joined the project between 2004 and 2014 for fuel logistics and administration - the plant is now owned and operated by Greensphere Capital LLP.
Plant
The plant commenced construction in October 2006 and was fully operational in November 2008. The plant cost £33m to construct via an EPC consortium contract between Aalborg Energie Technik (AET) and Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC). It is based on coventional combustion via an advanced grate that processes 20 tonnes per hour of wood chips, with a steam turbine from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding[2].
Annual Sustainability Tonnage Input/Fuel
The tonnage[3] received by the plant in the most recent Annual Sustainability Report and for the previous 3 years for Error: no local variable "asyear" has been set. was reported by Ofgem as below[4]:
| Year | Waste Wood (m3) | Waste Wood (t) | Straw | Miscanthus | Arboricultrual Waste | Sawmill Residue | Foresrty Residue | Round Wood | Short Rotation Coppice | MBM | Other Material |
|---|
Waste Tonnage, By Origin
The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit ZP3939GL, that has arrived into sites as reported to the Regulator and then publicised in their reported statistics. The Data used is from the most recent returns. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: Expression error: Unexpected < operator.t.
Where this tonnage exceeds that reported in year of the corresponding annual report, this may be due to the following reasons:
- Tonnage may have been received but not incinerated, i.e. the material is held pending incineration (the operator return to the EA reports as received whereas the annual report focuses on when the waste is incinerated.)
- Material may have been received into the site but treated in some other way than incineration.
- Material may have been received on the but transferred out of site for disposal/treatment at another site rather than incineration on the site.
| EWC Code | Origin of Waste | Tonnes In |
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References
- ↑ ECO2 Website: Western wood Plant
- ↑ Renewable Technology Website
- ↑ In the case of EfW plants with gasification technology the figures are reported in terms of cubic metres of syngas produced rather than tonnes used
- ↑ Biomass Sustainability Dataset 2020-21