SELCHP ERF

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An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. SELCHP ERF, standing for South East London Combined Heat and Power Energy Recover Facility, is located on Landmann Way, off Surrey Canal Road, Lewisham, London. The facility has a permitted operational capacity of 420,000 tonnes per annum of waste, and produces both heat and power, exporting up to 35 MW electricity to the national grid after the plants own power needs are supplied for, and supplying the district heating network with hot water.


SELCHP ERF
Operational
Site Location
Site Location

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Waste Licence NP3738SY
Operator Veolia (SELCHP)
Region London
Operational Capacity 464ktpa
Is site R1? Yes
When was R1 Granted? 2015-10-05
What was the R1 value 0.60
Electrical Capacity 35.00MWe
Number of Lines 2
Number of Turbines 1
CHP Yes
Technology Approach EfW Incineration
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 403969.00 30577.00 84.00 0.00 434630.00
2019 410005.00 222.00 95.00 0.00 439232.00
2020 348125.00 10847.00 78.00 10178.00 369228.00
2021 394710.00 137.00 219.00 622.00 434180.00
2022 388192.00 144.00 124.00 0.00 428704.00


Output Data

Year IBA IBA %ge of Tot IN APC APC %ge of Tot IN
2016 88446.00 0.00% 12264.00 0.00%
2017 88446.00 0.00% 12264.00 0.00%
2018 85947.00 19.77% 12043.00 2.77%
2019 84861.00 19.32% 11870.00 2.70%
2020 80698.00 21.86% 10929.00 2.96%
2021 82211.00 18.93% 10666.00 2.46%
2022 77961.00 18.19% 10102.00 2.36%

SELCHP Energy Recovery Facility, 2020.
SELCHP Energy Recovery Facility, 2020.


Summary

An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. SELCHP ERF, standing for South East London Combined Heat and Power Energy Recover Facility, is located on Landmann Way, off Surrey Canal Road, Lewisham, London. The facility has a permitted operational capacity of 420,000 tonnes per annum of waste, and produces both heat and power, exporting up to 35 MW electricity to the national grid after the plants own power needs are supplied for, and supplying the district heating network with hot water.

The plant is owned and operated by Veolia. The waste feedstock utilised at the plant is primarily residual waste arising from households and businesses in or close to London[1].

History

South East London Combined Heat and Power was formed in 1988 by the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Southwark and Greenwich to provide an alternative waste disposal strategy to landfill, members also included the Regional Electricity Company and Energy from Waste design, construction and operation specialists. Following an in-depth feasibility study, consultations, and an Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed ERF, conditional Planning Permission for the project was granted in 1990 and in 1991 site clearance and construction began[2].

In 1992, SELCHP was the first Energy from Waste scheme to be granted an authorisation under the Integrated Pollution Control provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. 1992 was also the year that SELCHP was awarded an Electricity Generation Licence by the Office of Electricity Regulation[2].

Construction and commissioning of the facility was complete in 1993, being officially opened in 1994 by HRH the Prince of Wales[2].

In 1998, a new system to reduce emissions of Nitrogen Oxide was installed to allow the facility to to meet the new emission levels required by the Environment Agency[2].

Initially, the facility was planned to produce heat as well as electricity, but due to political and legislative changes, this was not enabled when the plant was constructed. The pipe systems and equipment for the heat from the facility to be utilised was not installed completely until 2014, and has been in operation since then[3].

Plant

SELCHP is a successful commercial partnership between the public and private sectors. The partnering organisations that enabled this project to be achieved include: Veolia, iCON Infrastructure, Lewisham Council, Royal Borough of Greenwich, EDF Energy, ENER-G and John Laing plc.

The EPC contractor for this project was awarded to Martin Engineering Systems Ltd. The combustion technology implements the mass-burn process to incinerate waste[1].

SELCHP ERF is jointly owned by current operator Veolia Environmental Services and consortium CNIM Development, and in 2019, celebrated 25 years of operations[4].

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: 400,819.69t

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
Bromley LB 70842.209
Greenwich LB 69971.210
Lewisham LB 79898.820
Medway Borough Council 18696.700
Southwark LB 38648.615
West Berkshire District Council 2590.060
Westminster City Council 120172.080


Waste Tonnage, By Origin

The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit NP3738SY, that has arrived into sites as reported to the Regulator and then publicised in their reported statistics. The Data was last updated on October 2023. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: 428,571.38t. Where this tonnage exceeds that reported in year of the corresponding annual report, this may be due to the following reasons:

  • Tonnage may have been received but not incinerated, i.e. the material is held pending incineration (the operator return to the EA reports as received whereas the annual report focuses on when the waste is incinerated.)
  • Material may have been received into the site but treated in some other way than incineration.
  • Material may have been received on the but transferred out of site for disposal/treatment at another site rather than incineration on the site.
EWC Code Origin of Waste Tonnes In
18 01 04 Buckinghamshire 3.56
19 12 01 Greenwich 2.34
20 03 01 St Albans 130.98
18 01 04 Brent 6.68
20 03 01 Tower Hamlets 1364.12
19 12 01 Brent 21.16
20 03 01 Bromley 38674.16
18 01 07 Lewisham 0.02
18 01 07 Buckinghamshire 0.92
20 01 32 Croydon 1.94
19 12 12 Bristol 479.30
20 01 01 Brent 1.20
18 01 04 Southwark 99.28
20 03 01 London 5350.26
20 03 01 Croydon 3164.54
18 01 04 Lewisham 0.08
16 03 06 Southampton 52.24
18 01 04 Tower Hamlets 2.46
19 12 12 Southwark 39315.38
20 03 02 Berkshire 24.04
18 01 04 Westminster 2.16
20 03 01 Brent 44489.34
20 03 01 Southwark 4072.98
18 01 07 Brent 2.30
18 01 07 Tower Hamlets 1.22
16 03 06 Southwark 44.36
20 03 01 Greenwich 63683.16
18 01 09 Croydon 4.12
20 03 01 Lewisham 81496.10
20 03 01 Berkshire 707.26
20 03 01 Hampshire 652.28
15 02 03 North Northamptonshire 19.90
20 03 01 Lewes 397.62
20 03 01 Westminster 117608.44
18 01 07 Westminster 0.24
19 12 12 Berkshire 594.26
18 01 07 Hertfordshire 1.60
18 01 04 Croydon 0.52
20 03 01 Medway 26098.50
16 03 06 Lewisham 0.36


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