Energy from Waste
Details of the Solution
The Exeter Energy from Waste Plant will have an annual capacity of 60,000 tonnes, and is therefore comparatively small when compared to many other facilities in the UK. The facility is based on conventional Mass Burn Incineration technology, and uses an oscillating kiln which ensures very thorough combustion of the waste. An illustration of the process that the waste will go through is shown below:
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The plant will produce a total of around 3.6 Megawatts of Electricity per hour (MWh), and will export around 2.8MWh of this after it has used some of the generated electricity to power its own operation.
More details regarding the proposal can be found in the planning application.
For a general overview of Energy from Waste technologies, please also visit our recycledevon.org content, or have a look at the report created by the South West Devon Waste Partnership.
