North Yard EfW (Devonport EfW CHP Facility)
| North Yard EfW (Devonport EfW CHP Facility) Operational | |
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| Waste Licence | WP3833FT |
| Operator | MVV Environment |
| Region | South West |
| Operational Capacity | 275ktpa |
| Is site R1? | fal |
| When was R1 Granted? | 2015-05-05 |
| What was the R1 value | 0.80 |
| Electrical Capacity | 22.50MWe |
| 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 | 246579.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 246579.80 |
| 2017 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2018 | 162672.00 | 93349.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 256021.00 |
| 2019 | 168783.00 | 96270.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 265053.00 |
| 2020 | 181174.00 | 82741.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 263915.00 |
| 2021 | 188491.00 | 54541.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 243032.00 |
| 2022 | 181667.00 | 78638.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 260305.00 |
| 2023 | 184386.00 | 74180.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 258566.00 |
Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 62616.00 | 25.39% | 7054.00 | 2.86% |
| 2017 | 63546.00 | 0.00% | 7734.00 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 60857.00 | 23.77% | 7889.00 | 3.08% |
| 2019 | 68206.00 | 25.73% | 8164.00 | 3.08% |
| 2020 | 68253.00 | 25.86% | 5679.00 | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 62456.00 | 25.70% | 6790.00 | 2.79% |
| 2022 | 65096.00 | 25.01% | 7397.00 | 2.84% |
| 2023 | 63568.00 | 24.58% | 7030.00 | 2.72% |
Summary
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. Devonport has a permitted operational capacity of 265,000 tonnes per annum, and is owned and operated by MVV Environment. Delivery of waste is primarily by road and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste and some Commercial Waste. It is located in North Yard, next to Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport.
History
The Devonport facility was built primarily to service a 25 year PFI contract signed in March 2011 with South West Devon Waste Partnership (or SWDWP) which comprises Torbay Council, Plymouth City Council, and Devon County Council with anticipated input of around 163,000 tonnes per annum from these authorities. The site began accepting waste in September 2015, and under a combined heat and power supply agreement with the adjacent naval base, started supplying heat and reached full operations in January 2016. [1]
Plant
Built by MVV Umwelts's in-house contracting company with civil engineering support contract from Keir the construction started in mid 2012 and was delivered at a reported lifetime cost of GBP £389m[2] and reported[3] capital cost of GBP £188m. The plant comprises standard combustion technology, air cooled grate, generating super-heated steam [4]. It is configured to run on residual Household Waste and Commercial Waste to deliver 24MWe of power. MVV Environmental openly publish their annual plant performance report [5]
Local Authority Users
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 |
|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | 74.290 |
| Devon County Council | 62102.529 |
| North Somerset Council | 104.350 |
| Plymouth City Council | 85159.910 |
| South Hams District Council | 206.784 |
| Torbay Council | 42041.480 |
| West Devon Borough Council | 66.746 |