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[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]]

A [[Biomass EfW]] facility [[Slough Heat & Power]] is a [[Combined Heat and Power]](CHP) [[EfW ]]facility located in Slough, Berkshire which produces 80MWth and supplies 28 MWe to the National Grid and heat to local sources and has an annual fuel requirement of up to 150,000 tonnes per annum of [[feedstock]]<ref name="LETS">https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/wood-sector-faces-slough-switch-to-rdf/ Let's Recycle]</ref>.

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==Summary==

A [[Biomass EfW]] facility [[Slough Heat & Power]] is a [[Combined Heat and Power]](CHP) [[EfW ]]facility located in Slough, Berkshire which produces 80MWth and supplies 28 MWe to the National Grid and heat to local sources and has an annual fuel requirement of up to 150,000 tonnes per annum of [[feedstock]]<ref name="LETS" />. A new facility is planned on the site - [[Slough Multifuel EFW]] 'multifuel' site similar to facilities at [[Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2)|Ferrybridge 1 and 2]] that will use a variety of [[Municipal Solid Waste]] as its fuel sources<ref name="SSE">[https://sse.com/whatwedo/ourprojectsandassets/thermal/SloughMultiFuel/ SSE]</ref>.

In 2008 [[Scottish and Southern Energy]] (SSE) acquired Slough Heat and Power (SH&P) from [[SERGO]] for £49.25m<ref>https://www.theengineer.co.uk/sse-buys-slough-heat-and-power/</ref>.

The plant was converted to renewable fuel in c.2001 at a cost of approximately £30m<ref name="REN">[https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/2008/03/27/biomass-for-business-at-the-uks-largest-biomass-chp-plant-51979/#gref/ Renewable Energy World]</ref> and this led to the development of an innovative, integrated supply chain for secure fuel supply in partnership with local suppliers such as [[Thames Valley Energy]], a not-for-profit renewable energy agency<ref name="REN" />.

The plant supplies all of the business located on the same trading estate with heat, electricity and hot water. Over 2000 nearby homes are also supplied with their electricity from the plant via 100 km of underground cable as part of a private electricity network<ref name="REN" />.

==Plant==

The six boilers and turbines at the SH&P energy center can operate on a wide variety of fuels, ranging from renewable sources such as wood and fibre through to natural gas, coal and distillate. A small amount of natural gas and coal is used to control the boilers. As part of the plant, steam from two wood-fired [[Fluidised Bed]] boilers is directed to a 35 MW pass out steam turbine. A new multi-fuelled vibrating [[grate]] boiler dedicated to burning fibre fuel pellets and wood chip, was commissioned based on a contract under the 4th [[RO|Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation]] scheme<ref name="REN" />.

The total electrical output of the combined system is 50 MWe of which 40 MWe comes from wood chips and 10 MWe from [[Waste Derived Fuel]] (fibre fuel) in addition to 20 MWth<ref name="REN" />.

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Whilst all of the tonnage reported was [[Wood Waste]] in the [[Annual Sustainability Report]] and the [[EA]] waste returns, the site notes that it sources pellets from [[Fibre Fuel Limited]], a subsidiary company of SH&P, comprising non-recyclable waxed cardboard, laminates, photographic paper and mixed papers. The pellets also have non-PVC plastics added, up to a volume of 15%, to improve the [[Calorific Value]] of the fuel<ref name="REN" />.

==References==

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-[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]]
+A [[Biomass EfW]] facility [[Slough Heat & Power]] is a [[Combined Heat and Power]](CHP) [[EfW ]]facility located in Slough, Berkshire which produces 80MWth and supplies 28 MWe to the National Grid and heat to local sources and has an annual fuel requirement of up to 150,000 tonnes per annum of [[feedstock]]<ref name="LETS">https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/wood-sector-faces-slough-switch-to-rdf/ Let's Recycle]</ref>.
-{{BiomassPlant|NAME=Slough Heat and Power|id=71}}
+[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]]{{#vardefine: epr|CP3031SX}}
+{{BiomassPlant|NAME=Slough Heat & Power|id=71|EPR={{#var: epr}}}}
+[[File:Slough Heat and Power Plant.jpg|400px|left|Slough Heat and Power Plant]]__TOC__
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+==Summary==
+A [[Biomass EfW]] facility [[Slough Heat & Power]] is a [[Combined Heat and Power]](CHP) [[EfW ]]facility located in Slough, Berkshire which produces 80MWth and supplies 28 MWe to the National Grid and heat to local sources and has an annual fuel requirement of up to 150,000 tonnes per annum of [[feedstock]]<ref name="LETS" />. A new facility is planned on the site - [[Slough Multifuel EFW]] 'multifuel' site similar to facilities at [[Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2)|Ferrybridge 1 and 2]] that will use a variety of [[Municipal Solid Waste]] as its fuel sources<ref name="SSE">[https://sse.com/whatwedo/ourprojectsandassets/thermal/SloughMultiFuel/ SSE]</ref>.
+In 2008 [[Scottish and Southern Energy]] (SSE) acquired Slough Heat and Power (SH&P) from [[SERGO]] for £49.25m<ref>https://www.theengineer.co.uk/sse-buys-slough-heat-and-power/</ref>.
+The plant was converted to renewable fuel in c.2001 at a cost of approximately £30m<ref name="REN">[https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/2008/03/27/biomass-for-business-at-the-uks-largest-biomass-chp-plant-51979/#gref/ Renewable Energy World]</ref> and this led to the development of an innovative, integrated supply chain for secure fuel supply in partnership with local suppliers such as [[Thames Valley Energy]], a not-for-profit renewable energy agency<ref name="REN" />.
+The plant supplies all of the business located on the same trading estate with heat, electricity and hot water. Over 2000 nearby homes are also supplied with their electricity from the plant via 100 km of underground cable as part of a private electricity network<ref name="REN" />.
+==Plant==
+The six boilers and turbines at the SH&P energy center can operate on a wide variety of fuels, ranging from renewable sources such as wood and fibre through to natural gas, coal and distillate. A small amount of natural gas and coal is used to control the boilers. As part of the plant, steam from two wood-fired [[Fluidised Bed]] boilers is directed to a 35 MW pass out steam turbine. A new multi-fuelled vibrating [[grate]] boiler dedicated to burning fibre fuel pellets and wood chip, was commissioned based on a contract under the 4th [[RO|Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation]] scheme<ref name="REN" />.
+The total electrical output of the combined system is 50 MWe of which 40 MWe comes from wood chips and 10 MWe from [[Waste Derived Fuel]] (fibre fuel) in addition to 20 MWth<ref name="REN" />.
+{{BioSustain|EPR={{#var: epr}}}}
+{{EAIn|EPR={{#var: epr}}}}
+Whilst all of the tonnage reported was [[Wood Waste]] in the [[Annual Sustainability Report]] and the [[EA]] waste returns, the site notes that it sources pellets from [[Fibre Fuel Limited]], a subsidiary company of SH&P, comprising non-recyclable waxed cardboard, laminates, photographic paper and mixed papers. The pellets also have non-PVC plastics added, up to a volume of 15%, to improve the [[Calorific Value]] of the fuel<ref name="REN" />.
+==References==