Information for Full Circle Generation EfW, 7 Airport Road, Belfast Harbour Estate
Status: ExistingPlanning Region: Northern Ireland
Planning Sub-Region: Belfast
Operator: Full Circle Generation Ltd ("consortium of equity investors including RiverRidge Energy Limited, UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB), Equitix and P3P Partners") / Bouygues
Capacity: 144,000
Campaign Group(s): Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development.
Notes: Gasification-type incinerator to burn RDF from Commercial and Industrial waste. Granted planning permission in January 2014 [Source] [Application ref: Z/2012/1387/F]. It was reported in November 2015 that the plant "will be fully operational by late 2017" [Source] Permit reference P0446/14A [See entries on NIEA website, See documents from an information request]. Accoding to Tolvik, the plant entered commissioning in Q3 2015 as of December 2019 the plant had still not come out of commissioning [Source]. Not to be confused with the nearby Shorts Bombardier facility at 3 Airport Road (permit P0135). (Entry updated 2020-05-29)
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APR Summary 2025
Details taken or derived from the Annual Performance Report submitted by the operator
Permit: P0135-06A
| Entry | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Plant Size TPA | 144,000.00 | Full Circle Generation Ltd |
| Plant Size MWth | 21.00 | |
| Plant Size MWe | 15.00 | |
| Power Generated Year Total | 83,860.00 | |
| Power Generated kWh per tonne | 623.00 | |
| Power Exported Year Total | 66,545.00 | |
| Power Exported kWh per tonne | 494.00 | |
| Power Imported Year Total | 526.00 | |
| Power Imported kWh per tonne | 4.00 | |
| Parasitic Load Year Total | 0.21 | |
| Total Waste Received Year Total | 134,651.00 | |
| Total Waste Combusted Year Total | 134,639.00 | Refuse Derived Fuel (incl. SRF) - H'hold/LA (100.00%) |
| Permit Breaches Year Total | 1.00 | |
| Annual CO2 Mass | 140,224.53 | Calibrated CO2 CEMS |
| Annual CO2 Mass Per Tonne | 1.04 | |
| Annual CO2 Mass Per Mwh | 2.11 | |
| Annual N2O Mass | 0.04 | Calibrated N2O CEMS |
| Total CO2 N2O | 140,235.13 | |
| Biogenic CO2 Percentage | 0.13 | The measured (via sampling) biogenic fraction by net calorific value has been assumed to be the same as the biogenic CO2 fraction of the total CO2 emissions from the plant. |
| Biogenic Percentage NCV | 0.13 | Data from monthly waste sampling (1 monthly sample from each of our 3 streams) has been used to calculate the average biogenic percentage by NCV. |
| Biogenic Percentage Mass | 0.52 | Data from monthly waste sampling (1 monthly sample from each of our 3 streams) has been used to calculate the average biogenic percentage (using Biomass Energy Content of Feedstock (dry basis). |
Entry on WikiWaste:
https://wikiwaste.org.uk/index.php/Belfast_Harbour_EstateAnnual Performance Report files:
93-AnnualPerformanceReport-2020.xlsx93-AnnualPerformanceReport-2021.pdf
93-AnnualPerformanceReport-2022.pdf
93-AnnualPerformanceReport-2023.pdf
93-AnnualPerformanceReport-2024.pdf
93-AnnualPerformanceReport-2025.pdf
Permit files:
93-Permit-2015.pdfPermit Decision files:
93-PermitDecision-2015.pdfPermit Variation files:
93-PermitVariation-2023.pdfPlanning Consent files:
93-PlanningConsent-2014.pdfPollution Inventory Report Extract files:
93-PollutionInventoryReportExtract-2020.pdf93-PollutionInventoryReportExtract-2021.pdf
Environment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports
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