ENERGYFROMWASTE
A burning need to produce renewable electricity
Building the next generation of Energy from Waste (EfW) plants brings its own set of challenges for the construction sector. Paul Gouland, marketing director at Clugston Construction, explains how the company has remained at the forefront of the delivery of the latest facilities in the mass burn market. UKPN has the story.
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fW (Energy-from-Waste) is a funda- mental cog in the global infrastructure and energy provision, producing some 5.57TWh of electricity per
annum, according to the Digest of UK Energy Statistics. In 2016, this accounted for 1.5% of the UK’s
total electricity supply and nearly 30% of renewable electricity. The Institute of Civil Engineers estimates
that energy recovered from residual waste could account for as much as 17% of total UK electricity consumption in 2020, even with 50% recycling rates. The amount of recyclable waste which can
be reprocessed in such facilities continues to grow, and in December 2016, there were 37 operational EfWs in Britain, with a further four in commissioning, providing a total Headline Capacity of 11.76Mtpa. There was a further 4.08Mtpa of EfW capacity in construction. However, while this makes impressive reading, the UK has actually fallen behind the rest of Europe, which is widely regarded as the most sophisticated market for WtE (Waste to Energy) technologies. In Europe, there are currently 430 operational plants, providing sufficient energy to power seven million homes, according to
statistics from the Energy from Waste Research and Technology Council. Japan sends around 60% of its solid waste for incin- eration while China is enjoying the fastest growth, doubling its WtE capacity between 2011 and 2015. Globally, waste generation is expected to
double by 2025 to more than six million tonnes per day, facilitating steady growth of around 5.5% in the WtE market between now and 2023 to around US$40 billion. One of the companies which is driving the building of EfW facilities in the UK is Clugston Construction. The company, part of the privately-owned Clugston Group of companies, is focusing on the mass burn market, where it has delivered a number of major EfW plants across the UK alongside process engineering partner CNIM. A prime example of one such EfW facility is
a current project, the Wheelabrator Parc Adfer plant at Deeside Industrial Park in Flintshire, North Wales. Delivered by CNIM/Clugston, the facility,
which is the 14th joint scheme, is expected to generate 18.8 MW of sustainable electricity annually for the National Grid, enough to power more than 30,000 UK homes and businesses.
“The amount of recyclable waste which can be
reprocessed in such facil ities continues to grow, and in December
2016, there were 37
operational EfWs in
Britain, with a further four in the pipel ine, providing a total
Headl ine
Capacity of 11.76Mtpa. “
The team also worked on the award- winning Leeds Recycling and Energy Recovery (RERF), which boasts the capacity to divert and process approximately 214,000 tonnes of waste annually. Of this, around 20% is recycled and the remainder incinerated to generate up to 15 MW of electricity to the National Grid. Clugston Construction has extensive experience in the renewable and EfW sector, having constructed a number of high-profile projects during its 80-year history.
www.clugston.co.uk
32 NOVEMBER‐DECEMBER 2017 UK POWER NEWS
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