Wolverhampton EfW
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology which is not considered an ERF as a result of not having R1 status. Wolverhampton has permitted operational capacity of 118,000 tonnes per annum.
| Wolverhampton EfW Operational | |
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| Waste Licence | HP3349QK |
| Operator | North Midlands Operations Ltd |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Operational Capacity | 118ktpa |
| Is site R1? | No |
| When was R1 Granted? | |
| What was the R1 value | 0.00 |
| Electrical Capacity | 8.00MWe |
| Number of Lines | 2 |
| Number of Turbines | 1 |
| CHP | No |
| Technology Approach | EfW Incineration |
| Funding Type | PPP |
Operators Annual Report
Input Data
| Year | HH | C&I | Clin | RDF | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 108379.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 110759.00 |
| 2017 | 108253.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 112213.00 |
| 2018 | 108913.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 110298.00 |
| 2019 | 111582.00 | 2830.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 114412.00 |
| 2020 | 109767.00 | 4658.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 114425.00 |
| 2021 | 110856.00 | 1081.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 111937.00 |
| 2022 | 107151.00 | 3733.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 110884.00 |
Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 20020.00 | 18.08% | 3525.00 | 3.18% |
| 2017 | 19429.00 | 17.31% | 3362.00 | 3.00% |
| 2018 | 18258.00 | 16.55% | 3433.00 | 3.11% |
| 2019 | 18399.00 | 16.08% | 3508.00 | 3.07% |
| 2020 | 18797.00 | 16.43% | 3591.00 | 3.14% |
| 2021 | 17860.00 | 15.96% | 3161.00 | 2.82% |
| 2022 | 13976.00 | 12.60% | 3064.00 | 2.76% |
Summary
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology which is not considered an ERF as a result of not having R1 status. Wolverhampton has permitted operational capacity of 118,000 tonnes per annum. The facility is operated by MES Environmental, now part of Paprec, having agreed to buy out CNIM in March 2021[1]. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste [2].
History
The Wolverhampton facility was built to primarily service residual Household Waste from Wolverhampton City Council under a long term PPP contract and has been operational since 1998.
Plant
The plant comprises two lines via standard combustion CNIM boilers, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual Household Waste and similar residual Commercial Waste with design capability of 7 tonnes per hour or up to 115,000 tonnes per annum and generating 8 MWe.
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: 105,398.51t
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 |
|---|---|
| Ceredigion County Council | 445.960 |
| Dudley MBC | 510.800 |
| Greater Manchester WDA (MBC) | 6698.220 |
| Staffordshire County Council | 346.390 |
| Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 45.670 |
| West Northamptonshire | 26123.530 |
| Wolverhampton MBC | 71227.940 |
Waste Tonnage, By Origin
The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit HP3349QK, 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: 110,844.13t. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 20 03 01 | Northamptonshire | 38696.82 |
| 20 03 01 | Wolverhampton | 70883.44 |
| 20 03 01 | Stoke-on-Trent | 832.90 |
| 20 03 01 | Dudley | 430.97 |