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 {{#vardefine: epr|PPC/A/1157446}}[[Category:EfW Plants]]
-An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional [[combustion]] technology, located at Earls Gate Park, Grangemouth in Scotland. The facility is forecast to have a maximum capacity of 215,000 tonnes per annum, and will be a [[Combined Heat and Power]] facility, exporting 21.5 MW electricity and heat to the nearby chemical company [[CalaChem]] and to other adjacent industrial plants, with any excess power fed into the national grid. {{EfWTemplate|EPR={{#var: epr}}|id=148}}[[File:Earls Gate Energy Centre.jpg|400px|left|Earls Gate Energy Centre. Biothek Ecologic Fuel, 2018.]]
+An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional [[combustion]] technology, located at Earls Gate Park, Grangemouth in Scotland. The facility is forecast to have a maximum capacity of 215,000 tonnes per annum (with a permit extension pending to take it to 274,000 tonnes), and will be a [[Combined Heat and Power]] facility, exporting 21.5 MW electricity and heat to the nearby chemical company [[CalaChem]] and to other adjacent industrial plants, with any excess power fed into the national grid. {{EfWTemplate|EPR={{#var: epr}}|id=148}}[[File:Earls Gate Energy Centre.jpg|400px|left|Earls Gate Energy Centre. Biothek Ecologic Fuel, 2018.]]
 <ref>Biothek Ecologic Fuel, 2018. [https://biothekecologic.com/energy-from-waste-chp-plant-to-power-scottish-industries/ Energy from waste CHP plant to power Scottish industries - Biothek Ecologic Fuel. Online. Biothek Ecologic Fuel. [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020].]</ref>__TOC__<br clear='left'/>
 ==Summary==
-An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional [[combustion]] technology, located at Earls Gate Park, Grangemouth in Scotland. The facility is forecast to have a maximum capacity of 215,000 tonnes per annum, and will be a [[Combined Heat and Power]] facility, exporting 21.5 MW electricity and heat to the nearby chemical company [[CalaChem]] and to other adjacent industrial plants, with any excess power fed into the national grid. The cost of the project is circa £200m, which was provided by the investors [[Brockwell Energy]], the [[Green Investment Group]] and [[Covanta]].
+An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional [[combustion]] technology, located at Earls Gate Park, Grangemouth in Scotland. The facility is forecast to have a maximum capacity of 215,000 tonnes per annum (with a permit extension pending to take it to 274,000 tonnes), and will be a [[Combined Heat and Power]] facility, exporting 21.5 MW electricity and heat to the nearby chemical company [[CalaChem]] and to other adjacent industrial plants, with any excess power fed into the national grid. The cost of the project is circa £200m, which was provided by the investors [[Brockwell Energy]], the [[Green Investment Group]] and [[Covanta]].
-In March 2022 [[EQT]], the owner of Covanta, bought the interests of the [[Green Investment Group]] in this and three other projects ([[Rookery Pit Energy Recovery Facility (Rookery South)]], [[Protos EFW]], and [[Newhurst EFW]]) to leave [[Green Investment Group]] with no further interest in the projects<ref>https://www.endswasteandbioenergy.com/article/1748321/covanta-buys-gig-stakes-four-efw-plants</ref>.
+In March 2022 [[EQT]], the owner of Covanta (now branded [[Encyclis]], bought the interests of the [[Green Investment Group]] in this and three other projects ([[Rookery Pit Energy Recovery Facility (Rookery South)]], [[Protos EFW]], and [[Newhurst EFW]]) to leave [[Green Investment Group]] with no further interest in the projects<ref>https://www.endswasteandbioenergy.com/article/1748321/covanta-buys-gig-stakes-four-efw-plants</ref>.
 The facility was developed by [[Brockwell Energy]], and was originally planned to be operated by [[MES Environmental]] for a contract duration of 25 years. Subsequently [[Hitachi Zosen Inova]] were contracted to complete the construction of the plant and were awarded a 25 year contract to operate it<ref>https://www.hz-inova.com/hzi-wins-25-year-operations-maintenance-contract-at-the-earls-gate-waste-to-energy-centre/</ref>.
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 The facility was expected to become operational by the end of 2021<ref name="ref1" >Earls Gate Energy Centre, 2020. [https://earlsgateconstruction.co.uk/ Home - EARLS GATE ENERGY CENTRE. Online. [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020].]</ref> but ran into delays through the construction subsidiary of [[CNIM]] responsible for delivery of [[EfW]] projects running into financial difficulties in January 2022. This is also impacted a second plant under construction at [[Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant]]<ref>https://www.mrw.co.uk/news/mp-calls-to-halt-efw-as-builder-cnim-hits-financial-problems-28-01-2022/</ref>.
-The plant was reported as becoming operational in May 2025 on the [[Hitachi Zosen Inova]] LinkedIn page<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachi-zosen-inova-former-ae&e-inova-former-von-roll-inova-/posts/?feedView=all</ref>.
+The plant was reported as becoming operational in May 2025 on the [[Hitachi Zosen Inova]] LinkedIn page<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachi-zosen-inova-former-ae&e-inova-former-von-roll-inova-/posts/?feedView=all</ref> and on the company website as February 2024<ref>https://www.encyclis.com/earls-gate/</ref>.
 ==Technology==