Earls Gate Energy Centre
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology, located at Earls Gate Park, Grangemouth in Scotland. The facility is forecast to have a maximum capacity of 215,000 tonnes per annum, and will be a Combined Heat and Power facility, exporting 21.5 MW electricity and heat to the nearby chemical company CalaChem and to other adjacent industrial plants, with any excess power fed into the national grid.
| Earls Gate Energy Centre Under Construction | |
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| Waste Licence | PPC/A/1157446 |
| Operator | Earls Gate Energy Centre Ltd |
| Region | Scotland |
| Operational Capacity | 274ktpa |
| Is site R1? | No |
| When was R1 Granted? | |
| What was the R1 value | 0.00 |
| Electrical Capacity | 21.60MWe |
| Number of Lines | 0 |
| Number of Turbines | 0 |
| CHP | Yes |
| Technology Approach | EfW Incineration |
| Funding Type | Merchant |
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Summary
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology, located at Earls Gate Park, Grangemouth in Scotland. The facility is forecast to have a maximum capacity of 215,000 tonnes per annum, and will be a Combined Heat and Power facility, exporting 21.5 MW electricity and heat to the nearby chemical company CalaChem and to other adjacent industrial plants, with any excess power fed into the national grid. The cost of the project is circa £200m, which was provided by the investors Brockwell Energy, the Green Investment Group and Covanta.
In March 2022 EQT, the owner of Covanta, bought the interests of the Green Investment Group in this and three other projects (Rookery Pit Energy Recovery Facility (Rookery South), Protos EFW, and Newhurst EFW) to leave Green Investment Group with no further interest in the projects[2].
The facility has been developed by Brockwell Energy, and will be operated by MES Environmental for a contract duration of 25 years. MES Environmental is now a subsidiary of Paprec, having agreed to buy out CNIM in March 2021[3].
The EfW will replace an existing gas-fired energy plant on the site.
The facility was expected to become operational by the end of 2021[4] but has run into delays through 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 Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant[5].
Technology
The moving-grate combustion technology will be provided by CNIM[6].
Construction
CNIM is the EPC contractor for this facility, with Clugston in charge of the civil engineering. Construction commenced in January 2019 and is scheduled to take 3 years, with commissioning ending and operations beginning in 2021[4].
Waste Input
The facility will accept residual waste as feedstock.
References
- ↑ Biothek Ecologic Fuel, 2018. Energy from waste CHP plant to power Scottish industries - Biothek Ecologic Fuel. Online. Biothek Ecologic Fuel. [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.]
- ↑ https://www.endswasteandbioenergy.com/article/1748321/covanta-buys-gig-stakes-four-efw-plants
- ↑ CNIM Press Release
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Earls Gate Energy Centre, 2020. Home - EARLS GATE ENERGY CENTRE. Online. [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.]
- ↑ https://www.mrw.co.uk/news/mp-calls-to-halt-efw-as-builder-cnim-hits-financial-problems-28-01-2022/
- ↑ Brockwell Energy, 2020. Brockwell Energy | Earls Gate Energy Centre. Online. Brockwellenergy.com. [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.]