Wheelabrator Parc AdferCommunity Liaison Group Meeting 11

Julian Harrison, Chair of Community Liaison GroupApo Sarandidis, Senior Project ManagerPhil Preece, Plant Manager

23 October 2019

CLG Meeting 11

1. Welcome and introductions (chair)

2. Agreement of minutes and actions from the last meeting (chair, all)

3. Project progress update (Wheelabrator technologies)

4. Focus Topic – commissioning operations (Wheelabrator technologies)

5. North Wales Residual Waste Treatment Project – progress update (Steffan Owen, Regional Contracts Manager)

6. Community Benefit Fund – progress update (Steffan Owen, Regional Contracts Manager)

7. Agreement of actions and date of next meeting

8. A.O.B

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Agenda

Project Overview

Environmental Benefits

Process ~200K tonnes per year

Renewable energy to power 30,000 homes

Divert 98% of post-recycled waste from landfill

Recycle over 15% of authority waste through metals and aggregate recovery, directly increasing North Wales recycling rates by 7%

Capacity to export heat or steam energy to nearby industrial, commercial or residential users

Achieve the demanding R1 efficiency standard

Educational Facilities & Support (Visitors’ Centre)

For use by the Authority at their discretion and educational groups such as schools, colleges & environmental interest groups

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Environment & Education

Project Overview

Target Economic Benefits

~500 construction jobs at peak

30+ full-time jobs once operational

£50,000 Community Benefit Fund during construction; £51.6K Allocated

£230,000 Community Benefit Fund annually once operational

Millions of pounds of positive economic impact, utilising local businesses and suppliers during annual major and routine maintenance projects

£40 million supply chain value over contract term

Reduction in waste disposal costs & Welsh Government funding

Potential for local authority profit sharing

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Economic Benefits

Project Progress Update

Project Progress

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Health & Safety Performance

Over 1,000,000 construction hours completed without reportable incident

Working at height, lifting operations, interfacing

(plant/people), confined spaces, excavations,

electrical, commissioning

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dropped objects, co-ordination of activities, knocks, bumps, slips &

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Project Update

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Progress To Date

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Expected28/11/2019

99% Complete

Project Update

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First Year - 2017 October 2016 May 2017

September 2017 December 2017

Project Update

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Second Year - 2018 January 2018 April 2018

July 2018 October 2018

Project Update

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Third Year 2019

September 2019

July 2019April 2019

September 2019

Project Update

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Key Project Achievements

Boiler hydrostatic (pressure) test passed – 2nd Aug 2018

Bunker completed – 3rd Sep 2018 Mains electrical connection

energized – 23rd Sep 2018 Start of Cold Commissioning –

20th Nov 2018 Start of Hot Commissioning – 12th

Jun 2019

Project Update

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Key Project Achievements

Construction Completion Certificate –21st Aug 2019

Readiness Test Certificate – 24th Aug 2019

First Waste Delivery – 27th Aug 2019 First Waste Fire – 3rd Sep 2019

Project Update

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Latest Drone Footage

Focus Topic - Operations

Operations

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Staff

Operations

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Staff

63% of appointments are located within a 20

mile radius of Parc Adfer

22% live within the Flintshire

Area

Operations

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First Waste Received – Tue 27th August 2019

Operations

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First Fire – 11am Tue 3rd September 2019

Operations

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Priorities & Key Facts

Safety & Environmental compliance remain of the highest priority!

There have been no accidents or environmental release incidents

Now some key Operational facts & figures . . .

Operations

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Key Facts & Figures

Vehicles movements:• 749 Heavy Goods Vehicles in Sept (less than 30 per day)• Planning estimated a worst case of 67 HGV vehicles per day

Waste characteristics:• Authority waste inputs – 8,080 tonnes• Commercial waste inputs – 5,996 tonnes• Composition and calorific value (‘CV’) close to optimal

Air Pollution Control Residues – 277 tonnes removed Incinerator Bottom Ash – none removed in Sept during sampling & testing Boiler performance:

• 14,170t of waste = 50,870t of steam production (410°C, 61bar/900psi• 32,960MWth of recovered energy

Operations

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Key Facts & Figures

Emissions to Air:• All CEMS readings within commissioning limits and monthly average for

IED compliance . . . more on this later IBA sampling & testing:

• IBA removal commenced for processing into aggregate by offtaker• Commenced using ESA protocol – 12 (of 24) samples taken so far of

which 10 results (all passes) have been received . . . more on this later Flue Gas Treatment (FGT) APCr removal to offtaker commenced –

recycling trials also commenced Rainwater run-off and capture released from attenuation pond after

sampling and checking NRW (EA) has approved R1 status by design

Operations

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IBA – Bottom Ash (Non-Hazardous material)

IBA ≡ c.25% of waste tonnes (3,542t in Sept = c.50,000t/pa) Metals are separated & recycled Remaining ash is graded & used as aggregate in road building

Operations

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Continuous Emissions Monitoring (‘CEMS’)

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