Dunbar EfW (Oxwellmains EfW)
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
| 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 [2] 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 [3] £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[4].
Local Authority Users
Local Authority Data
The table below lists those local authorities who have recorded their tonnage on WasteDataFlow as sending their Waste to this site (either directly or via a transfer station) for the most recent financial year, data was updated on Error: no local variable "updated" has been set.. 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). The total Local Authority waste received by the plant in the period was: 0t
A 'zero return' or a below expected return, when compared to the EA Data below indicates that either:
- no local authority tonnage was recorded/no tonnage was sent to the site in the period (but has been listed as it may have previously received tonnage from a local authority) or
- a result of the plant being recently commissioned and actually having received no tonnage or
- a lower than expected tonnage maybe a result of a local authority splitting their tonnage over multiple sites, having less tonnage to send than might be anticipated or
- it may be 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 or
- the local authority may not have correctly entered the site's details on WasteDataFlow
| Authority | Tonnage |
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