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Proposed waste burners - Please email us about any new proposals for waste incinerators
At least 15 large-scale municipal waste burners are proposed in Scotland. If they are all built they would burn more than 2 million tonnes of waste per annum. Senior DEFRA advisor Peter Jones states that burning waste produces up to 2 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of waste.
Additionally, in August 2009 Forth Energy announced plans for 4 very large biomass burners - these are highlighted in pink. Click on the links for more details -
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Site |
Applicant |
Annual capacity (tonnes) |
Power output (MW) |
Technology |
Fuel |
Status of proposal |
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| 1 |
Ashby Scott and Forestry Commission |
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Municipal waste |
Company says: "As this land is not scheduled for Industry, this could involve the submission of a detailed Planning Application to South Ayrshire Council." |
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| 2 |
Binn Farm, Glenfarg, near Perth |
SITA |
60,000 |
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Incineration |
Municipal waste |
Full planning consent granted t in 2006, currently applying for IPPC operators licence. |
| 3 |
Carnbroe (Airdrie/Coatbridge) |
200,000 |
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Pyrolysis |
Municipal waste |
Planning consent denied, 29 March 2010 - click here to read story |
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| 4 |
Viridor |
up to 350,000 |
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Incineration |
Municipal waste |
Planning application rejected 1st September 2009, Viridor planning to appeal - public enquiry to begin in February 2010. |
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| 5 |
Forth Energy |
1,000,000 |
125 |
Incineration |
Wood biomass |
One of four biomass burners proposed by Forth Energy - currently at Pre-application stage. Scottish Ministers published a Scoping Opinion on 29 Apr 2010. |
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| 6 |
Forth Energy |
2,000,000 (estimated) |
200 |
Incineration |
Wood biomass, paper, card |
Scottish Ministers published a 'Scoping Opinion' on 29 April 2010 listing those topics that must be covered by an Environmental Impact Assessment (part of the planning application). |
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| 7 |
Entec UK Ltd |
200,000 |
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Incineration |
Municipal Waste |
Pre-application consultation completed. Entec will apply for planning permission in principle (PPiP) on or around 9 June 2010. |
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| 8 |
Elgin |
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30,000 |
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Incineration |
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| 9 |
Glasgow |
Viridor |
300-450,000 |
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Incineration |
Municipal Waste |
Viridor in talks with Glasgow and Lanarkshire Councils - planning application imminent - click here for article |
| 10 |
Grangemouth |
Forth Energy |
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Incineration |
Wood biomass |
One of four biomass burners proposed by Forth Energy. Scottish Ministers published a Scoping Study on 29 April 2010 |
| 11 |
Greengairs (near Airdrie) |
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350,000 |
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Incineration |
Municipal Waste |
Granted planning consent |
| 12 |
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100-130,000 |
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Incineration |
Municipal Waste |
Planning application refused 18.8.09, currently under appeal. |
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| 13 |
Irvine (West of Glasgow) |
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80,000 |
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Gasification |
Municipal Waste |
Granted planning consent |
| 14 |
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90,000 |
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Incineration |
Municipal Waste |
Outline planning consent awarded in 2006, refused full consent on 24 Nov '09, with recommendation to revoke outline consent. Grundon is appealing (updated 23 May 2010). |
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| 15 |
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100,000 |
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Incineration |
Municipal Waste |
Planning application rejected, 21 January 2010, but new proposal may be submitted for Stoneyhill |
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| 16 |
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40,000 |
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Incineration |
Municipal Waste |
Highland Council has produced a report recommending the construction of an energy-from-waste plant to burn a quarter of the Council's waste. |
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| 17 |
Rosyth
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Forth Energy |
1,000,000 |
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Incineration
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Wood biomass |
One of four biomass burners proposed by Forth Energy. Scottish Ministers published a Scoping Study on 29 April 2010 |
| 18 |
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approx 90,000 |
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Municipal Waste |
12 April 2010 - application submitted for outline planning consent |
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| 19 |
Scotgen |
100,000 |
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Gasification |
'Residual waste' |
30 Dec 2009 - submitted Pre-application consultation notice |