Information for NESS Energy Project, Greenbank Crescent, East Tullos
Status: ExistingPlanning Region: Scotland
Planning Sub-Region: Aberdeen
Operator: Suez (Interim operator) working for Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire and Moray Councils
Capacity: 150,000
Campaign Group(s): Concerns have been raised by Torry Community Council, Kincorth and Leggart Community Council and Nigg Community Council. Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development.
Notes: According to SEPA, the plant was commissioned and fully operational from the 6th of October 2023. Aberdeen City Council granted planning consent in October 2016 (P160276). It was reported in August 2019 that the 156m GBP contract to build the incinerator was awarded to a consortium led by Acciona and would be operated by Indaver [Source, Source]. In April 2021 it was reported that plans had been lodged to build an incinerator bottom ash (IBA) storage and processing facility at Cairnrobin, close to Portlethen, to be used for IBA produced by the incinerator [Source]. A permit for the incinerator was issued by SEPA in May 2022 (PPC/A/1186430). According to SEPA, the facility became operational from October 2023. Indaver publish some emissions data via a Google spreadsheet (see data). In July 2025 it was reported that Indaver was in dispute with sub-contractor Acciona and that the incinerator was not currently operating. In August 2025 it was reported that Indaver withdrew from the North East Scotland Shared (NESS) Energy-from-Waste (EfW) project and that the incinerator was expected to soon restart full operations [Source]. In December 2025 it was reported that the incinerator had closed for the second time in six months, with Suez as the interim operator [Source]. See public register for permit documents. (Entry updated 2026-02-05)
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APR Summary 2025
Details taken or derived from the Annual Performance Report submitted by the operator
Permit: PPC-A-1186430
| Entry | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Plant Size TPA | 150,000.00 | NESS EfW Facility |
| Plant Size MWth | 49.10 | |
| Plant Size MWe | 14.33 | |
| Power Generated Year Total | 80,786.00 | |
| Power Generated kWh per tonne | 748.17 | |
| Power Exported Year Total | 72,536.00 | |
| Power Exported kWh per tonne | 671.77 | |
| Power Imported Year Total | 1,487.00 | |
| Power Imported kWh per tonne | 13.77 | |
| Parasitic Load Year Total | 0.12 | |
| Thermal Energy Exported Year Total | 5,636.89 | |
| Total Waste Received Year Total | 131,329.23 | |
| Total Waste Combusted Year Total | 107,978.00 | Household / Local Authority (99.54%) |
| Permit Breaches Year Total | 0.00 | |
| Annual CO2 Mass | 119,672.25 | Continuous monitoring of stack flow and CO2 mass emission. |
| Annual CO2 Mass Per Tonne | 1.11 | |
| Annual CO2 Mass Per Mwh | 1.65 | |
| Annual N2O Mass | 12.66 | |
| Total CO2 N2O | 123,026.71 | |
| Biogenic CO2 Percentage | 0.42 | Based on the following paper from The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the proportion of carbon of biogenic origin in MSW is usually in the range of 33 to 50 percent. https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gp/bgp/5_3_Waste_Incineration.pdf |
| Biogenic Percentage NCV | 0.42 | Based on the following paper from The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the proportion of carbon of biogenic origin in MSW is usually in the range of 33 to 50 percent. https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gp/bgp/5_3_Waste_Incineration.pdf |
| Biogenic Percentage Mass | 0.42 | Based on the following paper from The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the proportion of carbon of biogenic origin in MSW is usually in the range of 33 to 50 percent. https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gp/bgp/5_3_Waste_Incineration.pdf |
Entry on WikiWaste:
https://wikiwaste.org.uk/index.php/NESS_Energy_ProjectAnnual Performance Report files:
104-AnnualPerformanceReport-2023.pdf104-AnnualPerformanceReport-2024.xlsm
104-AnnualPerformanceReport-2025.xlsm
Permit files:
104-Permit-2022.pdfPlanning Consent files:
104-PlanningConsent-2016.pdfPollution Inventory Return files:
104-PollutionInventoryReturn-2025-Explanation.pdf104-PollutionInventoryReturn-2025-v2.xlsx
Environment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports
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