Information for Barr Killoch Energy Recovery Park, Killoch Depot, Killoch Colliery, Ochiltree, Cumnock
Status: PreventedPlanning Region: Scotland
Planning Sub-Region: East Ayrshire
Operator: Barr Environmental Ltd
Capacity: 166,000
Campaign Group(s): Say NO to waste incinerator at Killoch, Ochiltree (Facebook Page). Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development.
Notes: Planning application submitted for gasification plant to treat municipal waste in May 2015 (15/0413/PP). Planning permission for the gasification plant approved in April 2017. In December 2020 Barr Environmental submitted a scoping request in relation to East Ayrshire for a varied scheme which would replace gasification with conventional incineration (20/0007/EIASCP) [Source]. A planning application was submitted in May 2021, with additional environmental information provided in March 2022 (21/0369/PP). In January 2024 East Ayrshire Council announced that the planning application had been withdrawn from consideration in response to a request from the applicant. (Entry updated 2024-01-25)
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 |
Planning Withdrawal files:
106-PlanningWithdrawal-2024.pdfEnvironment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports
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UKWIN (and therefore the UKWIN map) focuses on Municipal Waste Incinerators, whereas our colleagues at Biofuelwatch focus on biomass projects. If you are interested in biomass incinerators (including waste wood plants) over 20MW then please see the Biofuelwatch map of UK Biomass Power Stations. Those concerned about biomass plants, including waste wood plants, should email Biofuelwatch at biofuelwatch[at]gmail.com.Please be aware: There is always room for improvement, so please send updates to coordinator@ukwin.org.uk. Existing Incinerator means a facility that is operational or under construction/commissioning. A Potential Incinerator is a facility where there is a proposal for an incinerator (e.g. planning application or planning consent) or other reason to believe an incinerator might be built/proposed in the future. A Prevented Incinerator is something which used to be a proposal or expected incinerator which we do not believe is currently being progressed (e.g. because the project was cancelled, planning permission refused, or years have gone by since the permission was granted without any progress) - in some cases a facility marked as prevented is being progressed without us being aware or is subsequently revived. Capacity is usually the permitted or maximum advertised capacity of the facility.