Westfield EfW Plant

An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology, located at Westfield Opencast Site, Fife in Scotland. The Westfield EfW Plant is forecast to have a maximum capacity of 240,000 tonnes per annum generating 23MW with around 21.5MW of electricity exported.

Westfield EfW Plant Under Construction
Site Location See Residual EfW → page for a larger UK Wide map.
Waste Licence	Tbc46
Operator	Brockwell Energy
Region	Scotland
Operational Capacity	240ktpa
Is site R1?	fal
When was R1 Granted?
What was the R1 value	0.00
Electrical Capacity	21.50MWe
Number of Lines	0
Number of Turbines	0
CHP
Technology Approach	EfW
Funding Type	[[]]

Operators Annual Report

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Year	HH	C&I	Clin	RDF	Total

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

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Summary

An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology, located at Westfield Opencast Site, Fife in Scotland. The Westfield EfW Plant is forecast to have a maximum capacity of 240,000 tonnes per annum generating 23MW with around 21.5MW of electricity exported. The site is owned by Hargreaves Services and was developed by Brockwell Energy.

In September 2022 it was announced that Westfield Energy Recovery Ltd (the owner of the project) was sold by Brockwell Energy to a joint venture between Viridor and Equitix.

The facility became operational in June 2025.

Technology

The moving-grate combustion technology will be provided by Hitachi Zosen Inova with their own technology.

Construction

Hitachi Zosen Inova is the EPC and Operational and Management contractor for this facility. Construction is due to commence in February 2022 and the plant became fully operational in June 2025.

Waste Input

The facility will accept residual waste as feedstock and RDF with Cireco supplying the facility.