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[[ | A [[Biomass Waste EFW]] facility [[Chilton Power Station]] utilises a feedstock of up to 120,000 tpa of [[Wood Waste]] to generate 17.5 MWe to be exported to the national grid. The facility is located in the town of Chilton in Durham. | ||
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[[File:Chilton Biomass Energy Centre County Durham - geograph.org.uk - 2430058.jpg|400px|left|Chilton Biomass EfW. Geograph, 2011.]]<ref>Robinson, P., 2011. [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2430058 Chilton Biomass Energy Centre County Durham. Online. Geograph.org.uk. [Accessed 7 April 2020].]</ref>__TOC__ | |||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
A [[Biomass Waste EFW]] facility [[Chilton Power Station]] utilises a feedstock of up to 120,000 tpa of [[Wood Waste]] to generate 17.5 MWe to be exported to the national grid. The facility is located in the town of Chilton in Durham. | |||
The facility has been developed, built and continues to be operated by [[Veolia Bio Energy Ltd]], previously known as [[Dalkia Bio Energy Ltd]]. Construction started in early 2010 and it became operational in 2011<ref name="ref1 />. | |||
The facility has been developed, built and continues to be operated by | |||
==Plant== | ==Plant== | ||
The facility cost £40 million to develop<ref name="ref1" />. It has a design capacity of 14 tonnes per hour with a maximum annual consumption of 120,000 tonnes. This is at a continuous rating of 312 tonnes per day based on an average [[CV]] of 15 MJ/kg. The anticipated availability of 7,800 to 8,000 hours per annum (89%)<ref>Annual Performance Report 2021</ref>. | |||
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The [[Wood Waste]] is received from a variety of sources including old pallets, manufacturing off-cuts, wood from the construction and demolition industry and material from [[Waste Disposal Authority]]'s civic amenity sites<ref name="ref1" >Lets Recycle, 2011. [https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/dalkias-40m-biomass-plant-nears-completion/ Dalkias 40M Biomass Plant Nears Completion - Letsrecycle.Com. Online. letsrecycle.com.[Accessed 6 April 2020].]</ref>. | |||
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