Lakeside EfW
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. Lakeside EfW has permitted operational capacity of 450,000 tonnes per annum, operated by Lakeside Energy From Waste Ltd a joint venture between Viridor and Grundon. Delivery of waste is by road, with a location close to the M25/M4 intersection, and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste and Commercial Waste[1]. The construction of the third runway at Heathrow Airport would have necessitated the movement of the facility, with plans submitted in June 2019 to Slough Borough Council [2] most recently reported in late 2020 as withdrawn as an application in DEFRA data.
| Lakeside EfW Operational | |
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| Waste Licence | BT7116IW |
| Operator | Viridor & Grundon Waste Management |
| Region | South East |
| Operational Capacity | 468ktpa |
| Is site R1? | fal |
| When was R1 Granted? | 2015-09-12 |
| What was the R1 value | 0.68 |
| Electrical Capacity | 37.00MWe |
| Number of Lines | 2 |
| Number of Turbines | 1 |
| CHP | No |
| Technology Approach | EfW |
| Funding Type | PPP |
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 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2020 | 261967.00 | 155012.00 | 316.00 | 0.00 | 417791.00 |
| 2021 | 234494.00 | 157409.00 | 1163.00 | 0.00 | 393522.00 |
| 2022 | 255084.00 | 170094.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 425237.00 |
| 2023 | 247682.00 | 163285.00 | 1776.00 | 0.00 | 412802.00 |
Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 80033.40 | 0.00% | 12653.58 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 81724.96 | 0.00% | 12853.76 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 77619.00 | 0.00% | 12478.00 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 76164.00 | 0.00% | 12651.00 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 78462.00 | 18.78% | 12422.00 | 2.97% |
| 2021 | 73819.00 | 18.76% | 11925.00 | 3.03% |
| 2022 | 78342.00 | 18.42% | 11156.00 | 2.62% |
| 2023 | 75348.00 | 18.25% | 11713.00 | 2.84% |
Summary
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. Lakeside EfW has permitted operational capacity of 450,000 tonnes per annum, operated by Lakeside Energy from Waste Ltd a joint venture between Viridor and Grundon. Delivery of waste is by road, with a location close to the M25/M4 intersection, and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste and Commercial Waste[3]. The construction of the third runway at Heathrow Airport would have necessitated the movement of the facility, with plans submitted in June 2019 to Slough Borough Council [4] most recently reported in late 2020 as withdrawn as an application in DEFRA data.
History
The Lakeside facility was built to service a number of local authorities in the region, originally including Poole, Wiltshire, RE3 Partnership (comprising the Berkshire authorities of Bracknell, Wokingham and Reading) and WLWA (before its contract to send material to Avonmouth), with anticipated total throughput of up to 440,000 tonnes per annum - receiving additional residual Commercial Waste to those authorities listed below.
Plant
Built by Itochu-Takuma under an EPC-turnkey contract and was delivered in January 2010 at a reported [5] £160m capital cost, comprising conventional moving grate combustion technology and generating a design output of 37MWe (vs the capacity of 30MWe listed).
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 2023-04-26. 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: 253,152.99t
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 |
|---|---|
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | 1855.620 |
| Bracknell Forest Borough Council | 15551.460 |
| Bromley LB | 353.200 |
| Carmarthenshire County Council | 62.950 |
| Ceredigion County Council | 7.600 |
| Derby City Council | 311.040 |
| Derbyshire County Council | 39.980 |
| Hertfordshire County Council | 428.480 |
| Monmouthshire CC | 25.040 |
| Pembrokeshire County Council | 33.440 |
| Reading Borough Council | 24821.000 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC | 1130.580 |
| Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 164.102 |
| Slough Borough Council | 44691.570 |
| Swindon Borough Council | 308.520 |
| West Berkshire District Council | 95.040 |
| West London Waste Authority | 86651.730 |
| West Sussex County Council | 6679.140 |
| Wiltshire | 44186.540 |
| Wokingham Council | 25755.960 |