Battlefield Energy Recovery Facility generating heat and power for Shropshire
The Battlefield Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) has been operational since 11th May 2015. Our ERF plays a crucial role in the waste hierarchy of recovery. Ensuring we can avoid unnecessary landfill and offer energy back into the national grid.
To learn about how the ERF works, please watch the video below:
The Energy Recovery Facility uses the residual waste unsuitable for recycling and composting to make heat and power. Waste from your residual waste bin, instead of being sent to a landfill site, is delivered to the facility where it is converted to heat, under controlled conditions, and this is used to generate electrical and/or thermal energy.
Approximately 100,000 tonnes of waste from Shropshire per year is treated at the facility. This is about 45% of the municipal waste produced in the county and produce enough power for 10,000 homes. Now the facility is in place, along with the expansion of recycling in the County, waste that is sent to landfill in Shropshire has been significantly reduced.
The minutes of meetings held by the Community Liaison Group since planning permission was granted are available here.
Community Liaison Group