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[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]] | [[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]] | ||
{{BiomassPlant|NAME=Welland|id=89}} | {{BiomassPlant|NAME=Welland|id=89}} | ||
[[File:Welland Bio Power.png|400px|left|Welland Bio Power. CoGen, 2018.]] | [[File:Welland Bio Power.png|400px|left|Welland Bio Power. CoGen, 2018.]]__TOC__ | ||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
A [[Biomass EfW]] facility based on processing up to 72,000 tonnes per annum of | A [[Biomass EfW]] facility, Welland Bio Power is based on processing up to 72,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] producing 10.6 MWe gross power to be exported to the national grid after the facility’s own energy requirements are met<ref name="ref1" >CoGen, 2018. [https://www.cogenuk.com/projects Projects — Cogen. Online. CoGen. [Accessed 3 April 2020].</ref>. | ||
The facility is located near Theddingworth in Northamptonshire. The | The facility is located near Theddingworth in Northamptonshire. The [[Wood Waste]] feedstock is sourced locally through a contract with [[Welland Waste Management]]’s adjacent waste timber processing facility<ref name="ref1"/>. | ||
Welland Bio Power is operated by Nexterra and was developed by CoGen in partnership with Welland Waste Management | Welland Bio Power is operated by [[Nexterra]] and was developed by [[CoGen]] in partnership with [[Welland Waste Management]]. [[CoGen]] continues to provide management services<ref name="ref1"/>. | ||
==Plant== | ==Plant== | ||
The facility utilises | The facility utilises [[Nexterra]]’s fixed-bed updraft [[Gasification|gasification]] system technology, which is an [[Advanced Conversion Technology]]. [[MWH Treatment]] provided [[EPC]] services for the project<ref name="ref2" >Nexterra, 2015. [http://www.nexterra.ca/files/pdf/20150409-NexterraWelland.pdf Nexterra Consortium Reaches Financial Close On Biomass Gasification Plant In Northamptonshire, UK. Online. Nexterra.ca. [Accessed 3 April 2020].]</ref>. | ||
The facility cost £51.6 million to develop and was financed by Balfour Beatty Investments, NOY Nexterra Holdings Limited Partnership (a partnership between NOY Infrastructure Fund and Nexterra) and Equitix MA Infrastructure Fund<ref name="ref2" />. | The facility cost £51.6 million to develop and was financed by [[Balfour Beatty Investments]], NOY Nexterra Holdings Limited Partnership (a partnership between [[NOY Infrastructure Fund]] and [[Nexterra]]) and [[Equitix MA Infrastructure Fund]]<ref name="ref2" />. | ||
The facility replicates its sister project [[Birmingham Bio Power]]. | The facility replicates its sister project [[Birmingham Bio Power]]. | ||
==Tonnage Input/Fuel== | ==Tonnage Input/Fuel== | ||
The tonnage received by the plant is reported as [[Wood Waste]] 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>. Because the plant is an [[Advanced Conversion Technology]] and produces a [[ | The tonnage received by the plant is reported as [[Wood Waste]] 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>. Because the plant is an [[Advanced Conversion Technology]] and produces a [[Syngas]] the sustainability report talks in terms of the gas input to the energy recovery system, rather than the unprocessed [[Wood Waste]] into the plant, which was 305,783,697 cubic meters. | ||
The [[Wood Waste]] is exclusively supplied by [[Welland Waste Management]] which sources much of the [[Wood Waste]] from [[Waste Disposal Authorities]]. The [[Waste | The [[Wood Waste]] is exclusively supplied by [[Welland Waste Management]] which sources much of the [[Wood Waste]] from [[Waste Disposal Authorities]]. The [[Wood Waste]] tonnage received and recorded in the [[EA]] statistics for the calendar year (i.e. January 2018 to December 2018) was '''9,190''' tonnes. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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