Teesside EfW: Difference between revisions

| name = Teesside Energy-from-Waste plant

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| image_caption = Teesside EfW plant<br>{{small|Viewed from the east in June 2009}}

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| location th_fuel_tertiary = [[Billingham]]

| commissioned th_cogeneration = May 1998

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| website = [http://www.sita.co.uk/what-we-do/local-authority-services/public-private-partnerships/teesside SITA UK]

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'''Teesside Energy from Waste plant''' (also known as '''Teesside WTE power station''' or '''Haverton Hill incinerator''') is a [[municipal]] [[waste]] [[incinerator]] and [[waste-to-energy]] [[power station]], which provides 29.2 [[megawatt]]s (MW) of electricity for the [[National Grid (UK)|National Grid]] by burning 390,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste a year. It is located on the [[River Tees]] at [[Haverton Hill]], east of [[Billingham]] in [[North East England]]. OperatedDeveloped byand [[Sitabuilt (wasteby management)|SITANEM, UK]]a sincesubsidiary itsof conceptionNorthumbrian Water, the initial plant replaced the [[Portrack Incinerator]] and opened in 1998. Subsequently, the facility became part of SITA, now Suez.

The station is one of the most modern incinerators operating in England; it is noted for its innovative operation. In 2009, an extension was completed at the station, with the construction of an extra furnace line and a [[rail head]]. This increased the capacities of the plant from 19.2&nbsp;MW and 250,000 tonnes of waste per year to its current levels. The plant initially burned onlyreceived waste from Teesside and North Tyneside, but this was extended to include [[Northumberland]] with the 2009 extension.

A second plant, the '''North East Energy Recovery Centre''' (NEERC), has planning permission to bebeen built on land adjacent to the currentfirst plant. IfThis built, this will extendextends the plantsite's catchment to include waste from south [[Tyne and Wear]].

:''See{{see also [[|Portrack Incinerator]]''}}

Between 1975 and 1996, the [[Portrack Incinerator]] on the River Tees burned 200,000 tonnes of Teesside's waste every year, generating 20 [[megawatt]]s of electricity in doing so. In November 1996, the plant was closed down afterbecause its design meant it failedcould tonot meetachieve the new emission regulations that were to be introduced; it was then demolished in stages between 1998 and 2000.<ref name=tees_corridor>{{cite web

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|work = teeswildlife|publisher = [[Tees Valley Wildlife Trust]]

In December 2006, SITA UK signed a 28-year [[private finance initiative]] contract worth £70&nbsp;million with [[Northumberland County Council]], to provide themit with waste management services and to reduce the county's reliance upon landfill.<ref>{{cite web

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| title = SITA Northumberland Energy-from-Waste plant at Teesside -– a successful cooperation between local authority and industry.

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}}</ref> In May 2009, the third line, which cost £70&nbsp;million to build, was brought into operation.<ref name=anniversary /><ref name=semb /> It was officially opened on 8 October 2009 by former MP [[Hilary Armstrong]], SITA UK Chief Executive David Palmer-Jones, and Northumberland County Councillor Jeff Reid.<ref name=extopen>{{cite web

| title = SITA UK set to officially open new £70 &nbsp;million extension at Tees Valley energy-from-waste site

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The plant is a large metal-[[Cladding (construction)|clad]] building. The metal is finished in the colour 'Goosewing Grey', accented in 'Solent Blue' and 'PetraPoppy Red'. The plant's clean, clear lines and colours are said to "contrast favourably" with the nearby industrial buildings.<ref name=neerc>{{cite web|title=North East Energy Recovery Centre |url=http://www.sita.co.uk/downloads/NEERC-exhibitionboards.pdf |publisher=Société Industrielle des Transports Automobiles (SITA) |access-date=22 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107044622/http://www.sita.co.uk/downloads/NEERC-exhibitionboards.pdf |archive-date=7 January 2009 }}</ref>

The original plant uses [[Babcock and Wilcox|Babcock and& Wilcox]] Volund]] boilers to provide steam for a single [[Ansaldo Energia|Ansaldo]] turbo generator rated at 19.2&nbsp;MW.<ref name=industcard>{{cite web

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Waste is delivered to the station by road, using up to 100 waste collection vehicles. UpMore to 2,800 tonnes of waste a week or as much asthan 1,000 tonnes of waste a day, can beis delivered atto the plant.<ref name=sita /><ref name=neerc /><ref name=teesside /> A [[rail head]] was also built on the [[railway siding]]s adjacent to the site in 2009. This allows for waste to be delivered to the plant by [[Rail transport|rail]], rather than just by road. This is more sustainable as it reduces the amount of traffic on local roads. Which has to this day not happened, waste is still delivered by road and has damaged local roads. <ref name=neerc /><ref name=rubbish>{{cite web

| work = [[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|The Journal]]

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}}</ref> In December 2011, it was announced that the rail head would be used to receive up 500,000 tonnes of residual waste per year from [[Merseyside]] via a rail waste transfer facility at KnowleyKnowsley Industrial Park, KirbyKirkby, in a contract worth £400&nbsp;million, but it still arrives by road and not by rail, as the train tracks have never been fully operational.<ref>{{cite web

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| accessdateaccess-date = 27 August 2012

Waste arriving at the plant is checked in and weighed, before being delivered to the plant's reception hall. The large reception hall allows the vehicles to dump their waste safely. Air for the combustion of the waste later in the plant is drawn from the reception hall so that odour and dust doesn't polluteescape the building's surroundings. From the hall, waste is tipped into a large concrete bunker. Here the feedstock is homogenefiedhomogenised by a crane operator, who mixes the waste and removes unsuitable wasteitems. A grab crane then manoeuversmanoeuvres waste from the bunker to the [[hopper (particulate collection container)|hopper]]s that feed the furnace. This crane is operated from a [[control room]]. This room also monitors the equipment in the plant, the combustion gases and maximises the efficiency of the plant.<ref name=teesside />

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}}</ref> This heat is then converted into super heated steam through the plant's boilers. This in turn powers steam turbines, much in the same way as a conventional [[thermal power station]]. Electricity is generated at 11 [[kilovolts]]. After exiting the turbines, the steam is condensed back to water. For theThe original two incineratingincineration lines use river water from the [[River Tees|Tees]] as a cooling medium, whereas in the third line, water is condensed through air cooled condensercondensers. The cooled water is treated and reused in the boilers.<ref name=teesside />

Gases from the furnace are cleaned using [[selective non-catalytic reduction]] (SNCR), [[Scrubber|spray absorbers]] and [[active carbon]] injection. These processes remove nitrogen oxides, acidic gasses, dioxins and heavy metals from the plants emissions. The remaining gases are passed through fine-fabric bag filters to remove and solidany particles, before it is released from the [[flue gas stack|chimney]]. Each incineration line has its own independent stack in the chimney, and the flue gases are continuously monitored before being released. This information is relayed to the control room. The remaining [[fly ash]] from the filters contains particles from the incineration, lime from the spray absorbers, salt and carbon dust, and so is stored in a sealed silo until it is taken from the site for disposal. [[Incinerator bottom ash]] left on the incineration grate after the burning is moved by converyorconveyor to a bunker. Whilst on the conveyor, a magnet removes ferrous metal from the ash for recycling.<ref name=teesside /> The remaining ash is then used as an aggregate in the construction industry.<ref name=sita />

| work = http://www.iema.net/| access-date = 12 June 2010

==The future: North East Energy Recovery Centre==

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}}</ref> This would make Teesside the largest operational EfW centre in the UK outside of London.<ref name=double /> The plant will be a mirror image of the current one, and will create 160 jobs; 25 in South Tyne and Wear, 100 in the construction of the plant, and the rest once the plant is operational.<ref name=double />

In August 2010, SITA teamed up with [[Sembcorp]] UK to build another waste-to-energy facility in the Teesside region. [[Wilton Power Station#Wilton 11|Wilton 11]] on the [[Wilton International]] complex is to burn a further 400,000 tonnes of waste in the region whilst generating 35&nbsp;MW of electricity. The plant is expected to be operational by 2015.<ref name=semb>{{cite web

| work = www.letsrecycle.com

| accessdateaccess-date = 17 January 2011