Biomass Waste EfW

Biomass Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities treat a range of biomass-rich wastes, with a focus on Waste Wood, Meat and Bone Meal (MBM), Agricultural Wastes and Sewage Sludge.

The facilities listed in this section of Wikiwaste exclude Residual Waste EFW plants (which are recorded seperately and include a biomass proportion, as noted below). They also exclude sites that have no waste-derived feedstock and operate solely on Virgin Wood, Energy Crops such as Miscanthus, or Process Residues like kernels, shavings and sawdust.

Most of the Biomass EFW facilities receive waste materials that are pre-treated to make them suitable for energy recovery, converting the energy into electricity via steam or supplying steam directly to nearly industrial users. In the case of Sewage Sludge alternative treatment routes are increasingly being used and the two facilities listed in the section below operate primarily to destroy the material.

Together this infrastructure page provides an overview of the Biomass Waste EFW facilities in the UK, with links to individual facility pages providing greater detail.