Earls Gate Energy Centre: Difference between revisions

Line 1:

{{#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>.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{#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>.