1. Emily Pike Community Liaison Manager, SUEZ
Suffolk EfW Facility
Emily Pike
Community Liaison Manager, SUEZ
Friday 24th February 2017

2. Programme Welcome - Introduction Presentation Site induction
Project Outline
EfW Process
Site induction
Site visit
Visitor Centre
Control Room

3. Project Outline

4. Suffolk EfW Facility Project
Financing, Construction and Operation of a 269,000 tpa EfW Facility
Treatment of the Residual Waste collected by Suffolk’s Councils
25 year PFI Contract with Suffolk County Council
Partnership between Suffolk County Council and SUEZ
Four phases:
Procurement: Autumn 2008 – 5th October 2010 (Financial Close PFI)
Planning: Spring 2010 – 8th August 2011 (Planning permission)
Construction: 25th November 2011 – 1st December 2014
Operation: until 30th November 2039 (25 years)
Potential extension up to 5 years

5. The benefits
EfW provides a cheaper, greener solution to disposing of household and some business waste
It puts the waste to good use as a fuel to generate enough electricity for 30,000 homes + potentially some heat
Economic benefits – 45 permanent jobs plus around £1million spent in the local economy per annum
Cost benefits: at least £350 million cheaper than continuing to landfill.
Reduction in greenhouse gases – 75,000 tonnes a year

6. EfW in context: What is the cost of dealing with non-recyclable waste v’s recyclable waste
For councils in Suffolk, waste management costs are made of 2 elements.
Collection costs
Treatment costs
Indicative costs based on last full year of data available 2014/15. Shown as approximate estimates to the councils in Suffolk.
Direct collection and treatment costs only, excludes other associated costs such as admin, support staff and premises.
Costs are shown per household per year.
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7. Waste specification
Suffolk energy-from-waste facility can only accept non-recyclable waste
The waste has to have a certain calorific value - between 8910 kj/kg and 9800 kj/kg
Electricals items are a serious problem as they can causes spikes in our emissions, which we can control but would rather not have in the first place
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8. The Build - EPC Contractor: CNIM-Lagan
CNIM provided the Process Equipment
Lagan provided the Civil Works
CNIM is the leading manufacturer of EfW plants: incineration lines - 9 new plants being built in the UK currently

9. Main Project Features
Site: Council’s former highways depot site in Great Blakenham
The facility has 2 lines designed to process 15 tonnes per hour per line
Landscaped wildlife area
A visitor centre for community use
An onsite ash processing facility

10. The site

11. Suffolk’s Energy-from-Waste visitor centre
2 rooms aimed at providing an overarching view of:
Waste management
Energy production and consumption
Environment
Energy from Waste process
There has been a huge demand for visits - in 2015 we had 2,698 visitors.

12. The architecture Designed by Grimshaw architects
Achieved BREEAM Outstanding rated building, making it one of the greenest buildings in the country.

13. How does it work?

14. Process

15. From Waste to Bottom Ash

16. Moving Grate
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17. Reverse acting grate
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18. From Air to Flue Gases Flue Gas Treatment Furnace / Boiler
Reactor (Detail)

19. Cleaning process - bag filters
Bag filters collect the particles from the flue gas
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20. From Water to Steam, then to Electricity and Heat
Steam Turbine

21. Turbine
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22. Energy from Waste Outputs
Cleaned flue gas
Lime / Activated Carbon
Urea
Flue Gas Treatment
Bag house filter
Waste
Combustion
Boiler
Incineration Bottom Ash 22-27%
Turbine Generator
Fly ash (APCR) 3-4%
Electricity + Heat 23% to 50-60% efficiency

23. Questions?
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