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| 21st - 27th March 2014 | UtILItY WEEK
Operations & Assets
High viz
Viridor's energy recovery facility at
Runcorn in Cheshire has had its "first
burn" with refuse-derived fuel (RDF).
One of the largest and most effi-
cient energy from waste (EfW) plants
in Europe, Runcorn will be capable
of generating up to 70MW of electric-
ity and up to 51MW of heat for use by
Ineos ChlorVinyls at its neighbouring
chlorine and PVC plant.
Commissioning of Phase 1 of
Runcorn EfW began in January and
the first burn using RDF signals the
final stages of testing and commis-
sioning before the site becomes fully
operational. The facility's renewable
electricity and heat will supply the
Ineos plant with up to 20 per cent of
Trash and burn
