Trident Park (Cardiff ERF)
| Trident Park (Cardiff ERF) Operational | |
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| Waste Licence | LP3030XA |
| Operator | Viridor |
| Region | Wales |
| Operational Capacity | 425ktpa |
| Is site R1? | fal |
| When was R1 Granted? | |
| What was the R1 value | 0.00 |
| Electrical Capacity | 30.00MWe |
| Number of Lines | 2 |
| Number of Turbines | 1 |
| CHP | Yes |
| Technology Approach | EfW |
| Funding Type | PPP |
Operators Annual Report
Input Data
| Year | HH | C&I | Clin | RDF | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2017 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2018 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2019 | 272459.00 | 97287.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 369746.00 |
| 2020 | 276146.00 | 96789.00 | 5597.00 | 872.00 | 379404.00 |
| 2021 | 274829.00 | 99409.00 | 4164.00 | 0.00 | 378402.00 |
| 2022 | 247187.00 | 107313.00 | 5689.00 | 0.00 | 360189.00 |
| 2023 | 248500.00 | 155785.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 404285.00 |
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 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 201.18 | 0.05% | 32.65 | 0.01% |
| 2020 | 66547.00 | 17.54% | 5573.00 | 1.47% |
| 2021 | 75423.00 | 19.93% | 8600.00 | 2.27% |
| 2022 | 66868.00 | 18.56% | 3859.00 | 1.07% |
| 2023 | 71466.00 | 17.68% | 4481.00 | 1.11% |
Summary
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. Trident Park has permitted operational capacity of 425,000 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]
History
The Trident Park facility was built primarily to service a 25 year PPP contract signed in December 2013 [2] by Cardiff on behalf of the Prosiect Gwyrdd (Project Green) partnership of five local authorities in South Wales ( Cardiff, Newport, Monmouthshire, Vale of Glamorgan and Caerphilly), with an anticipated input of 172,000 tonnes per annum of the total design capacity of 350,000 tonnes per annum - receiving additional residual Commercial Waste. It is located in Cardiff bay and has been operational since 2014.
Plant
Built by CNIM and Lagan which started in Spring 2012 and was delivered in 2014[3] at a reported [4] £206m capital cost. The plant comprises 2 lines via standard combustion technology Martin Reverse Acting Grate, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual Household Waste and similar residual Commercial Waste.
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 |
|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent CBC | 11669.952 |
| Bridgend CBC | 4462.770 |
| Caerphilly CBC | 40091.880 |
| Cardiff County Council | 73900.330 |
| Carmarthenshire County Council | 672.930 |
| Ceredigion County Council | 166.080 |
| Merthyr Tydfil CBC | 10239.307 |
| Monmouthshire CC | 14235.420 |
| Neath Port Talbot CBC | 6421.070 |
| Newport City Council | 26771.360 |
| Pembrokeshire County Council | 14617.150 |
| Powys County Council | 41.476 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC | 40857.840 |
| Somerset Waste Partnership | 307.760 |
| South Gloucestershire Council | 260.920 |
| Torfaen CBC | 17888.020 |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | 18915.770 |