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Proposed waste burners - Please email us about any new proposals for waste incinerators
At least 17 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, there are proposals for 5 very large biomass incinerators (including four by Forth Energy, and one by Tullis Russell [click here] - these are highlighted in gray. 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. |
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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, However Viridor appealed and won in Dec 2010 |
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5 |
Forth Energy |
1,000,000 |
125 |
Incineration |
Wood biomass |
Application submitted to Scottish Government on 17 August 2010, deadline for comments passed on 17 August 2010. |
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6 |
Forth Energy |
2,000,000 (estimated) |
200 |
Incineration |
Wood biomass, paper, card |
Application submitted to Scottish Government on 31 January 2011, deadline for comments 11 March 2011. |
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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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Granted planning permission in 2009. Does not yet have an environmental permit and is currently on hold due to lack of funding but plans include potentially expanding in the future to increase the capacity. (Entry updated 2011-05-25) - info from UKwin |
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9 |
Forth, near Lanark |
Levenseat Recycling Limited, Contact MR PETER J MACLAREN, Levenseat, Forth, Lanark, ML11 8EP |
67,000 |
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Gasification |
Non-hazardous waste |
Waste2Energy has been commissioned to prepare plans. The website of Levenseat Recycling states (at 9 Sep 2011) - "Levenseat has secured planning permission for construction of a 60,000 tonnes pa plant for the thermal treatment of mixed residual wastes by gasification." |
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10 |
Peel Energy (also behind Hunterston proposals, below) |
250,000 |
20 |
Incineration |
"Clean wood from local forestry sources" |
Plans are at development stage (at 22 Dec '10) |
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11 |
Various companies are preparing to bid for a £100m contract with Glasgow City Council |
300 - 450,000 |
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Gasification |
Municipal Waste |
Viridor in talks with Glasgow and Lanarkshire Councils - agreement announced on 29 Nov 2011 |
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12 |
Lifetime Recycling Village |
900,000 |
103 |
Incineration + plasma gasification of fly ash |
Commercial waste |
Company in talks with Government to decide if its plans will be considered by the Council or by the Goverment as a Section 36 proposal. |
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13 |
Peel Environmental |
250,000 |
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Municipal waste |
The firm will also look to put in a formal planning application to Glasgow Council in the spring 2012. |
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14 |
Forth Energy |
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Incineration |
Wood biomass |
Application submitted to Scottish Government on 21 Sept 2010, deadline for comments passed on 14 January 2011. See details here (external link to Forth Energy website) |
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15 |
Greengairs (near Airdrie) |
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350,000 |
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Incineration |
Municipal Waste |
Granted planning consent |
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16 |
Hunterston - link to CONCH campaign group |
Ayrshire Power, a.k.a. Peel Energy |
5,600,000 |
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Incineration |
Mostly coal and biomass |
The proposals were submitted to the Scottish government's Energy Consents and Deployment Unit in June 2010 |
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17 |
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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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18 |
Irvine (West of Glasgow) |
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80,000 |
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Gasification |
Municipal Waste |
Granted planning consent |
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19 |
Longannet (external link) |
Scottish Power |
135,000 -145,000 |
25MW |
Incineration |
Biomass (half sewage pellets) |
Being built. |
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20 |
Lambhill Energy (LHE) Ltd |
69,000 |
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Incineration |
Wood |
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21 |
Markinch |
Tullis Russell Group |
400,000 |
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Incineration |
Biomass (400,000 tonnes of virgin and used wood) |
As of 21 Oct 2010, ground being cleared and roads built ready for construction. |
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22 |
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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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23 |
(Upperton estate) |
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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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24 |
(Stoneyhill) |
SITA UK |
100,000 |
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Gasification |
Residual household waste |
SITA has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (9 Feb 2011), heralding a series of exhibitions |
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25 |
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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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26 |
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Forth Energy |
1,000,000 |
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Incineration
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Wood biomass |
Application submitted on 9 November 2010, deadline passed for commenting on 25 Feb 2011. |
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27 |
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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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28 |
Scotgen |
100,000 |
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Gasification |
'Residual waste' |
30 Dec 2009 - submitted Pre-application consultation notice |