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The ‘EfW Heat Network Directory’ includes details of every ESA member’s EfW plants, alongside detailed heat offtake specifications.
The ESA, which represents most of the UK’s EfW plant operators, published the directory in the hope of fostering greater collaboration between operators, planners, policymakers, heat network developers, and prospective heat off-takers.
The “need” for such a tool, which takes the form of an interactive map that can be accessed for free, was identified in 2021 during a joint workshop between EfW and heat network operators, the ESA says.
The Eastcroft plant in Nottinghamshire and the Millerhill plant in Midlothian are two which already deliver heat to district heating networks.
Combined, they process 235,000 tonnes of residual household and commercial waste each year and supply heat to nearly 10,000 domestic premises.
Earlier this year, a report commissioned by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, suggested that ensuring heat from EfW plants was used in heat networks is “an important option” for decarbonising London’s buildings sector.
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