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[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]]
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__
[[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 utilising 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.  
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 [[Dalkia]], a sister company to [[Veolia Environmental Services]]. 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 [[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 />.  


==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>.
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>.


==Tonnage Input/Fuel==
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The tonnage received by the plant in the most recent [[Annual Sustainability Report]] for 2018-19<ref>[https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2018-19 Biomass Sustainability Dataset 2018-19]</ref> was reported by [[Ofgem]] as follows:
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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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! Biomass !! Tonnage (2018-19)
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| [[Wood Waste]] || '''115,099'''
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| Other || 0
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| Total||115,099
|}
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>. The [[Wood Waste]] 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) and was '''117,162''' tonnes.
 


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