Drakelow Renewable Energy Centre

An EfW facility based upon Gasification technology. The Drakelow site is near Burton Upon Trent on an old demolished coal-fired power station site owned by EON, was originally developed by Future Earth Energy, but reached financial close with Vital Energi in February 2020. Vital Energi will also take the project forwards and act as the operator when built[1].

Drakelow Renewable Energy Centre
Under Construction
Site Location
Site Location

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Waste Licence GP3031JB
Operator Vital Energi
Region East Midlands
Operational Capacity 169ktpa
Is site R1? fal
When was R1 Granted?
What was the R1 value 0.00
Electrical Capacity 15.00MWe
Number of Lines 0
Number of Turbines 0
CHP Yes
Technology Approach ACT
Funding Type [[]]

Operators Annual Report


Input Data

Year HH C&I Clin RDF Total


Output Data

Year IBA IBA %ge of Tot IN APC APC %ge of Tot IN

Artist Image of Drakelow Plant: source Vital Energi Website
Artist Image of Drakelow Plant: source Vital Energi Website


Summary

An EfW facility based upon Gasification technology. The Drakelow site is near Burton Upon Trent on an old demolished coal-fired power station site owned by EON, was originally developed by Future Earth Energy, but reached financial close with Vital Energi in February 2020. Vital Energi will also take the project forwards and act as the operator when built[2].

Technology

The plant is understood to be a 3 line, grate based technology by Biomass Power Limited which is now part of Vital Energi, generating steam to turbines delivering 18MWe gross (15MWe net) and will be CHP enabled.

Construction

The plant is to be delivered by Vital Energi and is due to be operational in 2023 [3].

Waste Input

The plant is listed to run on 169,000 tonnes per year of prepared RDF from offsite company Beauparc under an exclusive Fuel Supply Agreement.

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