Bolton EFW
Bolton EFW


Bolton TRF
Operational
Site Location
Site Location

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Waste Licence BS3042IM
Operator SUEZ
Region North West
Operational Capacity 128ktpa
Is site R1? fal
When was R1 Granted?
What was the R1 value 0.00
Electrical Capacity 10.80MWe
Number of Lines 1
Number of Turbines 1
CHP Yes
Technology Approach EfW
Funding Type PFI

Operators Annual Report


Input Data

Year HH C&I Clin RDF Total
2016 85800.31 587.82 0.00 0.00 86388.85
2017 49444.90 756.32 0.00 0.00 50202.32
2018 28179.35 1296.16 0.00 0.00 29475.51
2019 0.00 87489.00 0.00 0.00 88211.00
2020 65478.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 65478.00
2021 81388.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 81388.00
2022 72117.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 72117.00
2023 88101.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 88101.00


Output Data

Year IBA IBA %ge of Tot IN APC APC %ge of Tot IN
2016 17602.00 20.38% 3169.00 3.67%
2017 10607.00 21.13% 1927.00 3.84%
2018 3755.93 12.74% 711.44 2.41%
2019 16044.00 18.19% 3077.00 3.49%
2020 13670.00 20.88% 2159.00 3.30%
2021 11389.00 13.99% 1904.00 2.34%
2022 13294.00 18.43% 2131.00 2.95%
2023 18445.00 20.94% 2793.00 3.17%

Summary

An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology which is not considered an ERF as a result of not having R1 status. Bolton has permitted operational capacity of 85,000 tonnes per annum, and is now operated by Suez after the recent termination of the PFI contract with Viridor in September 2017[1] . Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste.

History

The Bolton facility was built to primarily service residual Household Waste from Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council under a long term contract in 1970. The plant was refurbished in 1996 through to 2000 to comply with new emissions standards with the intention of processing up to 100,000 tonnes per year and generating 8MWe [2]. After a fire in September 2017 there were issues re-opening, which initially occurred in July 2018 without energy generation[3].

Plant

The plant comprises standard combustion, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual Household Waste and similar residual Commercial Waste.

Local Authority Users

Tonnage reported through the EA for 2018 was not recorded, but tonnage through WasteDataFlow suggests tonnage of around 49,000 tonnes was processed in 2018. The following 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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