Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant

An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and presently in early stage construction. Lostock has a forecast operational capacity of 600,000 tonnes per annum. The project is owned by joint venture company Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant Ltd - an arrangement between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (60%) and FCC Environment (40%) with the original developer Tata Steel 'remaining a participant'.

Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant
Under Construction
Site Location
Site Location

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Waste Licence WP3934AK
Operator Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant Ltd
Region North West
Operational Capacity 600ktpa
Is site R1? fal
When was R1 Granted?
What was the R1 value 0.00
Electrical Capacity 90.00MWe
Number of Lines 0
Number of Turbines 0
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


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%

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Summary

An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and presently in early stage construction. Lostock has a forecast operational capacity of 600,000 tonnes per annum. The project is owned by joint venture company Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant Ltd - an arrangement between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (60%) and FCC Environment (40%) with the original developer Tata Steel 'remaining a participant'. It was reported in November 2021 that the facility had applied to BEIS for an additional 128,000 tonnes per annum (taking the capacity to 728,000 tonnes per annum) without changing any of the buildings or approved infrastructure[1]

Technology

The plant technology will comprise 2 lines of a standard moving grate technology, producing super-heated steam and 60MWe[2]

Construction

The plant gained planning consent in 2012, reached financial close in March 2019, and was to be delivered by an EPC turnkey arrangement with CNIM with an operational date programmed for Q2 2023[3]. However, issues have arisen with the construction subsidiary of CNIM responsible for delivery of EfW projects running into financial difficulties in January 2022. This is also impacting a second plant under construction at Earls Gate Energy Centre[4].

Waste Input

The plant is intended to run on residual Household Waste and Commercial Waste provided by FCC Environment.

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