A turnkey energy recovery facility in Oxford
A turnkey energy recovery facility in Oxford
2 PagesA turnkey energy recovery facility in Oxford | CNIM In 2014, CNIM delivered a turnkey energy recovery facility (ERF) to Viridor, located at Ardley (United Kingdom). Comprising two 20 t/h units, capable of treating 300,000 tonnes of residual household waste per annum, the ERF generates enough electricity to power 38,000 homes, equating to two thirds of the population of Oxford. An end to landfill As it decomposes, household waste in landfill gives off methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more harmful than carbon dioxide. To reduce these polluting emissions, the British government imposed a tax on waste sent to landfill, which has increased regularly over the last 10 years. For the Ardley site, this tax alone would have represented a cost of £10 million in 2016, based on 120,000 tonnes of
