Dunbar EfW (Oxwellmains EfW)
| Dunbar EfW (Oxwellmains EfW) Operational | |
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| Waste Licence | PPC/A/1032878 |
| Operator | Viridor |
| Region | Scotland |
| Operational Capacity | 390ktpa |
| Is site R1? | fal |
| When was R1 Granted? | |
| What was the R1 value | 0.74 |
| Electrical Capacity | 31.00MWe |
| Number of Lines | 2 |
| Number of Turbines | 1 |
| CHP | No |
| Technology Approach | EfW |
| Funding Type | Merchant |
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 | 250728.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 250728.80 |
| 2020 | 314909.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 314909.00 |
| 2021 | 96815.00 | 12219.00 | 1762.00 | 207230.00 | 320374.00 |
| 2022 | 103007.00 | 51957.00 | 2370.00 | 164657.00 | 322045.00 |
| 2023 | 128340.00 | 74184.00 | 2786.00 | 150181.00 | 362106.00 |
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 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| 2021 | 64480.00 | 20.13% | 8510.00 | 2.66% |
| 2022 | 61973.00 | 19.24% | 7558.00 | 2.35% |
| 2023 | 69072.00 | 19.08% | 8383.00 | 2.32% |
Summary
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology which as yet does not have R1 status. Dunbar has permitted operational capacity of 300,000 tonnes per annum, operated and owned by Viridor. Delivery of waste is by road and rail and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste and some Commercial Waste [1] mainly in the form of a prepared RDF
History
The Dunbar facility was built to service Scotland's residual Household Waste and Commercial Waste and includes RDF from its contract with Clyde Valley in May 2016 which processes 190,000 tonnes per annum via Viridor's Bargeddie site in North Lanarkshire (which opened in January 2020). It is located in East Lothian on Viridor's Landfill site which is due to close with the operation of the facility, which commenced in January 2019.
Plant
Built by a JV between Interserve and Babcox & Wilcox Volund A/S as a turnkey EPC contract, which started in 2015 and was delivered in January 2019 at a reported [2] £177m capital cost. The plant comprises 2 lines via standard combustion B&W Volund proprietary Dynagrate technology, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual Household Waste and similar residual Commercial Waste with design capability up to 320,000 tonnes per annum based on a prepared WDF fuel CV of 10MJ/kg[3].
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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