The most popular option for dealing with waste arising in Cheshire is the building of a combination of MBT facilities and a dedicated energy from waste facility. At Ince Resource Recovery Park (RRP) we are proposing to build such a dedicated RDF power station or energy from waste facility. However rather than this being a plant solely designed for Cheshire, we intend, that to maximise plant efficiency, that this facility serves a wider area.

The proposed power plant will be designed to produce over 95MW of electricity through the combustion of approximately 600,000 tonnes (tpa) of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF). The electricity will be supplied to adjacent industrial uses and exported to the national grid. The plant is designed as a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant able to supply heat and steam to adjacent development.

This plant differs from older style plants which generate energy through the combustion of untreated waste (Mass Burn Incinerators). Pre treating waste through MBT removes many pollutants and generates a fuel which is much more constant and therefore burns more efficiently. 95MW would provide around 16% of the North West’s required renewable energy target.

The power plant would use refuse derived fuels in a combustion process to produce steam which in turn passes through a turbine to produce electricity much the same way coal is used to produce electricity.

The majority of refuse derived fuel (RDF) will be produced from municipal household waste. In addition to fuel from the Mechanical Biological Treatment some RDF may also be sourced from commercial and industrial waste, but only such wastes which have a similar character to the municipal household waste, such as cardboard and plastics.

The Resource Recovery Park itself is also likely to produce some waste rejects from the recycling facilities, such as rejected wood, which could also be incorporated into the fuel for the power station.

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