Information for Fife Environmental Energy Park / "Westfield Eco Innovation Park", Former Westfield Opencast Coal Site, Kinglassie, Fife
Status: ExistingPlanning Region: Scotland
Planning Sub-Region: Fife
Operator: Westfield Energy Recovery Limited (Owned by Viridor and Equitix) and Brockwell Energy
Capacity: 250,000
Campaign Group(s): Westfield Action Group and Cardenden Community Council.
Notes: In January 2023 it was announced that construction was underway and that the plant is now expected to be operational by May 2025, and that Viridor and Equitix were intending to complete this incinerator after having purchased Westefield Energy Recover Ltd from Brockwell Energy. In November 2024 it was reported that Viridor had started the commissioning process and expected the facility to become operational in 2025 [Source]. In July 2025 the site was was said to have received the first delivery was delivery was waste, implying that the site had entered hot commissioning [Source]. Permit reference PPC/A/1181922. A proposed "conventional combustion plant" to treat c. 238ktpa of waste. In October 2017 the Planning Committee voted to approve the scheme (ref 16/03661/EIA) and it was reported in February 2019 that the scheme had been given the "green light" and that construction was expected in Spring 2019 [Source]. SEPA issued a permit in June 2020 and this was varied in May 2023 and May 2024. A non-material variation to the planning consent was approved in October 2019 (18/02342/NMV1). See public register for permit documents. (Entry updated 2025-07-31)
APR Summary 2025
Details taken or derived from the Annual Performance Report submitted by the operator
Permit: PPC-A-1181922
| Entry | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Plant Size TPA | 250,000.00 | Westfield Energy Recovery Ltd |
| Plant Size MWth | 82.00 | |
| Plant Size MWe | 24.10 | |
| Power Generated Year Total | 112,215.87 | |
| Power Generated kWh per tonne | 636.90 | |
| Power Exported Year Total | 89,772.25 | |
| Power Exported kWh per tonne | 509.52 | |
| Power Imported Year Total | 402.00 | |
| Power Imported kWh per tonne | 2.28 | |
| Parasitic Load Year Total | 0.20 | |
| Thermal Energy Exported Year Total | 0.00 | |
| Total Waste Received Year Total | 175,067.97 | |
| Total Waste Combusted Year Total | 176,190.00 | Household / Local Authority (88.19%) |
| Permit Breaches Year Total | 3.00 | |
| Annual CO2 Mass | 173,480.60 | Integrated measurement based on CEMs data acquisition software in accordance with measured continuous CO2 concentrations as per EN14181 and flow to BS EN 16911-2. |
| Annual CO2 Mass Per Tonne | 0.98 | |
| Annual CO2 Mass Per Mwh | 1.93 | |
| Annual N2O Mass | 6.14 | Integrated measurement based on CEMs data acquisition software in accordance with measured continuous CO2 concentrations as per EN14181 and flow to BS EN 16911-2. |
| Total CO2 N2O | 175,108.76 |
Entry on WikiWaste:
https://wikiwaste.org.uk/index.php/Westfield_EfW_PlantAnnual Performance Report files:
107-AnnualPerformanceReport-2025.xlsmPermit files:
107-Permit-2020.pdfPermit Variation files:
107-PermitVariation-2023.pdf107-PermitVariation-2024.pdf
Pollution Inventory Return files:
107-PollutionInventoryReturn-2025-Explanation.pdf107-PollutionInventoryReturn-2025-v3.xlsx
Environment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports
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