Exeter Energy Recovery Facility
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and not considered an ERF as yet based upon it not having R1 status. Exeter has permitted operational capacity of 60,000 tonnes per annum, owned by Viridor and operated for them by Cyclerval for the first 5 years of its life. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste[1].
| Exeter Energy Recovery Facility Operational | |
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| Waste Licence | HP3538CR |
| Operator | Paprec Energies Cyclerval Ltd |
| Region | South West |
| Operational Capacity | 60ktpa |
| Is site R1? | No |
| When was R1 Granted? | |
| What was the R1 value | 0.00 |
| Electrical Capacity | 13.00MWe |
| Number of Lines | 1 |
| 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 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2017 | 55685.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 55685.00 |
| 2018 | 57986.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 57986.00 |
| 2019 | 58256.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58256.00 |
| 2020 | 60219.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60219.00 |
| 2021 | 59688.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 59688.00 |
| 2022 | 59751.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 59751.00 |
Output Data
| Year | IBA | IBA %ge of Tot IN | APC | APC %ge of Tot IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9236.50 | 0.00% | 2384.00 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 10617.06 | 19.07% | 2463.82 | 4.42% |
| 2018 | 10303.00 | 17.77% | 2419.00 | 4.17% |
| 2019 | 10036.00 | 17.23% | 2312.00 | 3.97% |
| 2020 | 10659.00 | 17.70% | 2386.00 | 3.96% |
| 2021 | 10289.00 | 17.24% | 2045.00 | 3.43% |
| 2022 | 10340.00 | 17.31% | 2089.00 | 3.50% |
Summary
An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and not considered an ERF as yet based upon it not having R1 status. Exeter has permitted operational capacity of 60,000 tonnes per annum, owned by Viridor and operated for them by Cyclerval for the first 5 years of its life. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste[2].
History
The Exeter facility was built primarily to service a PPP contract with Devon, servicing primarily Exeter City Council with anticipated total throughput of up to 60,000 tonnes per annum.
Plant
Built by TIRU SA (now part of Dalkia[3], part of the EDF Group) under a Design & Build EPC-turnkey contract which was delivered and operational in July 2014 at a reported [4] £47m capital cost. The plant comprises of one line with a design capacity capable of treating 60,000 tonnes per annum via standard combustion technology comprising an oscillating kiln, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual Household Waste. Power output design is reported is 4MWe, but electrical capacity is shown as 13MWe.
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: 58,998.84t
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 |
|---|---|
| Devon County Council | 58054.560 |
| Exeter City Council | 841.230 |
| Mid Devon District Council | 68.775 |
| Teignbridge District Council | 34.273 |
Waste Tonnage, By Origin
The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit HP3538CR, 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: 59,709.06t. 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 | Exeter | 24731.58 |
| 20 03 01 | East Devon | 17154.60 |
| 20 03 03 | Exeter | 1145.30 |
| 20 03 01 | Mid Devon | 11742.96 |
| 20 03 01 | Teignbridge | 4203.72 |
| 20 03 03 | East Devon | 730.90 |