UPM Shotton Boiler 7
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| Operator | Error: no local variable "operator" has been set. |
| Capacity | Error: no local variable "capacity" has been set. MWe |
| Feedstock | Error: no local variable "mainfeed" has been set. |
| EPR (Waste Licence) | Error: no local variable "epr" has been set. |
| ROC | Error: no local variable "roc" has been set. |
| CfD | Error: no local variable "cfdcap" has been set. |
| CHP | Error: no local variable "chp" has been set. |
Operators Annual Report
Input Data
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Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
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Summary
A Biomass Waste CHP EFW based at the UPM Shotton newsprint mill in Flintshire, north Wales generating 24.8 MWe[1] from a feedstock of waste paper, fibre, sludge and small amounts of waste wood[2]. The plant provides up to 70% of the paper mill's energy production[1]. Most of the energy is consumed in the manufacture of mechanical pulp, pumping and paper drying[3]. In 2016 a second steam turbine was brought on line at the facility which utilises excess steam from the biomass CHP plant[4].
The biomass facility cost an estimated £59m[5].
Plant
The technology in use at the plant is a Bubbling Fluidised bed system[2].
Local Authority Users
The plant manufacturers newsprint solely from recovered paper which is received from a number of local authority contracts throughout the UK[6].