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Information for Derby Alternative Energy Plant, Victory Road, Sinfin

Status: Prevented
Planning Region: East Midlands
Planning Sub-Region: Derby
Operator: Clean Electricity Generation (CEG) who are funded by Momentum Capital and Transformative Energy and Materials Capital (TEM Capital)
Capacity: 30,000
Campaign Group(s): Derby FoE and Sinfin and Spondon Against INcineration (SSAIN)
Notes: In January 2023 the operator "elected to defer permit review" and in October 2023 a permit variation was issued to CEG Technology UK for the Derby Alternative Energy Plant requiring a report to be submitted showing compliance with the updated BAT Conclusions before the incinerator can be operated. A "full scale demonstration plant" was built which uses "Proprietary Torrefaction Reactor Technology" to use generate syngas from biomass which is burned in a gas engine to supposedly generate electricity and "Torrefied Pellets" [Source, Source]. According to the operator, "Torrefaction is thermal treatment of biomass in an environment with low oxygen content" [Source]. The permit was surrendered in August 2024. (Entry updated 2024-09-02)

Waste management for England 2024: Pre-operational (Environment Agency)

Uses data from 2024 Waste Data Interrogator - Version 2 released by the Environment Agency under the Environment Agency Conditional Licence. © Environment Agency copyright

Permit: FP3739VA

Operator NameSite NameSite AddressFormer Planning RegionFormer Planning Sub-RegionTypePermitted Capacity (tonnes)
Clean Electricity Generation LtdDerby Alternative Energy PlantUnit 1 Victory Road Business Park,Victory Road,DERBY,Derbyshire DE24 8EJEast MidlandsDerbyshireBiomass / Waste wood30,000

Waste management for England 2023: Waste removed

Uses data from 2023 Waste Data Interrogator - Version 1 released by the Environment Agency under the Environment Agency Conditional Licence. © Environment Agency copyright

Permit: FP3739VA

Recorded Destination: Derbyshire

Destination WPA: Derbyshire

Destination Region: East Midlands

Fate: Recovery

EWC Sub ChapterEWC Waste DescWaste CodeR and D codeSOC CategorySOC Sub CategoryTonnes Removed
Separately collected fractions (except 15 01)metals20 01 40R0406 - Metallic wastesMixed metal wastes43.26
Mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting - crushing - compacting - pelletising) not otherwise specifiedferrous metal19 12 02R0406 - Metallic wastesFerrous metal waste and scrap15.17
Metals (including their alloys)iron and steel17 04 05R0406 - Metallic wastesFerrous metal waste and scrap14.26
Soil (including excavated soil from contaminated sites) - stones and dredging spoilsoil and stones other than those mentioned in 17 05 0317 05 04R0312 - Mineral wastesNaturally occurring minerals7.38
Other construction and demolition wastesmixed construction and demolition wastes other than those mentioned in 17 09 01, 17 09 02 and 17 09 0317 09 04R0512 - Mineral wastesConstruction and demolition wastes6.05
Wood - glass and plasticwood17 02 01R0307 - Non-metallic wastesWood wastes4.9
Other municipal wastesmixed municipal waste20 03 01R0510 - Mixed ordinary wastesHousehold and similar wastes4.46
Gypsum-based construction materialgypsum-based construction materials other than those mentioned in 17 08 0117 08 02R0312 - Mineral wastesConstruction and demolition wastes1
Metals (including their alloys)copper, bronze, brass17 04 01R0406 - Metallic wastesNon-ferrous metal waste and scrap0.43

Permit Surrender Decision files:

8-PermitSurrenderDecision-2024.pdf

Permit Surrender Letter files:

8-PermitSurrenderLetter-2024.pdf

Permit Variation files:

8-PermitVariation-2023.pdf

Environment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports

Click here to see the incinerator compliance documents for existing English incinerators

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