Sixth community liaison group meeting

The minutes for the EnviRecover Community Liaison Group meeting that took place on the 20th July 2010 is now available on the EnviRecover website. The link is found on the left hand menu in the 'CLG' section

Clarification

It has come to Mercia's attention that there is confusion in the public domain between EnviRecover's proposed energy recovery from waste rate and its efficiency rate and we would like to address this:
In our planning application, we have stated that the facility will recover energy from the combustion of waste by way of electricity and heat production. A proportion of this energy is classified as renewable energy - around 55-65%.
This is different to the facility's efficiency rate. In order to qualify as a Recovery Operation under the Waste Framework Directive, the plant needs to achieve an R1 efficiency of 0.65. This is not the same as an efficiency of 65%, as the formula takes account of the higher value of power compared to heat, by multiplying the power efficiency by 2.6 and the heat efficiency by 1.1. In the Environmental Permit application, we have implied a net efficiency (i.e power exported divided by heat in the waste) of 23.3%, which gives an R1 efficiency of 0.683.

Planning application available on website

The planning application for EnviRecover is now available on the EnviRecover website. The link is found on the left hand menu, 'planning application' button.

Planning application submitted

Mercia Waste Management have submitted their EnviRecover planning application to Worcestershire County Council, the planning authority. Full details can be found on the Council's website: http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/environment-and-planning/development-control/energy-from-waste-facility.aspx

Fifth community liaison group meeting

The report and presentation from the fifth community liaison group meeting are now available on the website in the CLG section.

Planning application now likely to be submitted in late April

A combination of the scoping response from the Council and the results of the public consultation has necessitated additional work which has resulted in a short delay, therefore the planning application is now likely to be submitted in late April.

Second exhibition

Over 100 people visited the second public information exhibition held on 5th & 6th March, the majority of whom were first timers. For those who were not able to attend, the exhibition boards are now available on the EnviRecover website in the downloads section.