Cornwall ERC
| Cornwall ERC Operational | |
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| Waste Licence | GP3433GH |
| Operator | SUEZ |
| Region | South West |
| Operational Capacity | 240ktpa |
| Is site R1? | fal |
| When was R1 Granted? | 2020-02-03 |
| What was the R1 value | 0.76 |
| Electrical Capacity | 24.00MWe |
| Number of Lines | 2 |
| Number of Turbines | 1 |
| CHP | No |
| Technology Approach | EfW |
| Funding Type | PFI |
Operators Annual Report
Input Data
| Year | HH | C&I | Clin | RDF | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2017 | 35830.10 | 0.00 | 12.08 | 151587.25 | 187429.43 |
| 2018 | 41681.71 | 0.00 | 223.36 | 179672.34 | 221577.41 |
| 2019 | 153899.00 | 89357.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 243276.00 |
| 2020 | 162489.00 | 82086.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 244575.00 |
| 2021 | 168449.00 | 78777.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 247226.00 |
| 2022 | 154896.00 | 90780.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 245676.00 |
| 2023 | 156149.00 | 87302.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 243451.00 |
Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 44012.64 | 23.48% | 4447.50 | 2.37% |
| 2018 | 41677.54 | 18.81% | 5705.32 | 2.57% |
| 2019 | 45524.00 | 18.71% | 6200.00 | 2.55% |
| 2020 | 47909.00 | 19.59% | 5613.00 | 2.30% |
| 2021 | 47041.00 | 19.03% | 5716.00 | 2.31% |
| 2022 | 43011.00 | 17.51% | 5092.00 | 2.07% |
| 2023 | 38473.00 | 15.80% | 5030.00 | 2.07% |
Summary
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. Cornwall has permitted operational capacity of 249,000 tonnes per annum, operated and owned by Cornwall Energy Recovery Ltd, owned by Pensions Infrastructure Platform, i-Environment Investments and Suez with the latter operating the facility. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste and some Commercial Waste[1]
History
The Cornwall facility was built as part of a PFI contract with Cornwall Council which runs to 2039 and includes the operation of HWRC sites and MRFs in the county. The tonnage provided requires a large proportion of tonnage to be sourced from outside Cornwall, which has proved controversial[2]. It is located on the outskirts of St. Dennis and has been operational since March 2017[3].
Plant
Built by Vinci Environment UK (a 50/50 subsidiary of Vinci Construction UK and Vinci Environment) under a Design & Build-turnkey contract, construction was completed in March 2018 at a reported[4] £141m capital cost. The plant comprises 2 lines via standard combustion technology, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual Household Waste and similar residual Commercial Waste generating 16.6MWe of power [5].
Local Authority Users
The following data comes from WasteDataFlow for the financial year 2018/19 and represents those local authorities recorded as putting tonnage into the site (either directly or via a transfer station). 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). A 'zero return' below indicates no local authority tonnage was recorded, most likely a result of the plant being recently commissioned and actually having received no tonnage. Equally, lower than expected tonnage maybe a result of either 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.
| Authority | Tonnage |
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