public consultation

MVV Environment is part of the MVV Energie group of companies. We provide a sustainable alternative to landfill through energy recovery for publicly and privately-owned waste disposal companies.

The UK business retains the overall group ethos of 'belonging' to the communities we serve, whilst benefitting from over 50 years' experience gained by our German sister companies. We provide solutions for waste reduction, energy generation and recycling.

In the UK, MVV currently consists of 5 separate companies:

1. MVV Environment Baldovie
   Diverting 220,000 tonnes per annum of residual waste from landfill for Dundee City and Angus councils as well as for private waste disposal companies.
2. MVV Environment Services
   The UK electricity trading subsidiary of MVV.
3. MVV Environment
   The UK development company and core business support functions.
4. MVV Environment Ridham
   Generating energy from 195,000 tonnes per annum of waste wood that would otherwise be landfilled or exported for energy generation abroad.
5. MVV Environment Devonport
   Diverting 200,000 tonnes per annum of residual waste from landfill for the South West Devon Waste Partnership as well as 65,000 tonnes per annum of residual waste for private waste disposal companies.

EfW is a way to recover valuable resources and a vital part of a sustainable waste management chain. This diagram takes you step-by-step through the EfW process.

We aim to produce 28.5 Megawatts of electricity; enough to power at least 39,000 homes. In CHP mode, heat (as hot water) will be available to local businesses. EfW only accounts for 0.05% of total particulate emissions in the UK annually.* Bottom ash may be used as an aggregate, replacing the need to quarry for virgin aggregate, for example, in road construction.

*Environment Agency and National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

1. Tipping hall
   Waste is delivered to the facility in lorries. They enter the enclosed tipping hall and reverse up to the bunker edge. Air is sucked through the tipping hall and bunker and into the furnace so that odours do not escape.
2. Waste bunker
   The waste is stored in the bunker waiting to be loaded into the furnace by crane. Around 8 days worth of waste can be stored here. Air is sucked through the tipping hall and bunker and used in the furnace so that odours do not escape.
3. Furnace
   The waste is burnt under very carefully controlled conditions to ensure safe and complete combustion and maximise the amount of heat recovered as useful energy. The walls of the furnace are made up of pipes within which water is heated and turned into steam in the boiler drum.
4. Bottom ash
   Those bits of the waste that don’t burn, e.g. metals and bricks, are part of the ash that falls off the furnace grate. This falls into water to cool it and is then put into a separate bunker before being taken away for recycling.
5. Boiler The very hot gases from the furnace are passed through the boiler. The steam from the boiler drum goes through tubes in the boiler to superheat it, ready to be sent to the turbine.
6. Air Pollution Control System
   Having given up most of their energy to create useful heat in the form of steam, the flue gases have to be cleaned before they enter the chimney. The flue gases are injected with activated carbon and lime which react with pollutants such as acidic gases. The filters at the end of the system ensure that the residues, together with dust from the furnace, are captured so that the flue gas entering the chimney is well within the limits set by law. The system is controlled “real time”.
7. Chimney
   The chimney height will be calculated to ensure that the limited emissions allowed under law are dispersed safely.
8. Turbine hall
   Superheated steam from the boiler is sent to the turbine where it is used to drive an alternator, generating useful electrical energy. Steam can also be taken from the turbine at pressures and temperatures suitable for use by local industry. This reduces their dependency on fossil fuels and improves the overall efficiency of the facility.
9. Air Cooled Condenser
   The condenser takes the exhaust steam from the turbine. Very quiet fans send cool air up through the condenser tubes. Warm water goes back to the boiler, where it is used to make steam again.
10. Energy distribution
    The energy in the waste has finally been turned into useful electricity and heat (as hot water) for use by local businesses. Any excess electricity is sent to the grid locally, displacing fossil fuels. Heat (as hot water) will be available to local businesses.

The EfW CHP Facility would be located on an area of land forming part of the existing Canford resource park which currently includes:

• a Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) facility;
• a landfill gas engine generator compound;
• a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF);
• an inert waste recycling facility; and,
• an implemented, but not operational, low carbon gasification and pyrolysis energy from waste facility.

What will the facility look like?

Our architects have already produced some design drawings which include a number of sustainability features. These include green rooves and rainwater harvesting.

Managing and minimising any potential effects of our proposals on the local landscape and views is an important consideration as we develop the project. This can be done in a number of ways, such as through the building design and colour, landscaping and the materials we use.

Canford Energy from Waste CHP facility aims to:

• Recover useful, sustainable, energy from residual municipal waste
• Divert up to 260,000 tonnes of residual waste per year from landfill and/or export
• Generate up to 28.5 MW of electricity
• Supply electricity and heat to local businesses
• Export surplus electricity to the National Grid

For any new development, it is important to understand any potential environmental effects. Some assessments have already been undertaken and further surveys will be conducted in relation to both the construction and operation of the new facility.

Results of all these assessments will be presented in a report called an Environmental Statement, which will accompany the planning application.

Topics agreed with the Local Planning Authority include:

• transport
• air quality
• noise & vibration
• ecology & nature conservation
• landscape & visual impact
• historic environment
• hydrology
• geology, hydrogeology & ground conditions
• population & health
• carbon & greenhouse gases

EfW reduces landfill
and contributes to renewable
energy generation, reducing
the UK's reliance on fossil fuels,
cutting methane
(CH₄) emissions and
increasing energy security.

Too much non-recyclable waste is still being sent to landfill or overseas, when it could be used as a fuel to generate electricity and heat here in the UK. By treating this waste as a resource, MVV are able to contribute to renewable energy generation and energy security for the UK.

UK-based company MVV Environment are preparing a planning application for an Energy from Waste (EfW) Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility on land at Canford Resource Park, off Magna Road. It will complement the existing waste activities of the integrated waste management park. If the planning application is successful, a new company, to be called 'MVV Environment Canford', will be looking to employ local people to help build, operate and maintain the facility.

 

key elements of our proposal

              

where are we
    in the planning
and development
      process

This is a pre-application consultation and we are in the process of finalising our planning application documents. We believe that early engagement with the local community is an essential part of any new development. The planning application is likely to be submitted to BCP Council in late spring 2023; there will be another opportunity for you to comment on the proposals, once the application has been submitted.

Please fill in the feedback form to tell us what you think of our proposals.

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