Negative Emissions Technologies (NETS): Feasibility Study - Technical Appendices

Technical annex for study that estimates the maximum Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) potential achievable in Scotland, 2030 - 2050.


Appendix 7. Energy from waste sites

Table 56: List of existing and proposed EfW sites in Scotland
Technology Status Projects Location Year Capacity
Waste (t/year) MWe
Waste incineration Operational Baldovie Dundee, Scotland 1994 120,000 8.3
Millerhill EfW Edinburgh, Scotland 2019 155,000[228] 12.5
Dunbar EfW Haddington, Scotland 2019 300,000[229] 25.6
Barclays Glasgow Campus, Plot 4 - Energy Sustainability Centre[230], [231] *see note Glasgow, Scotland N/A N/A N/A
Lerwick Energy Recovery Plant Lerwick 2000 26,000[196] N/A
Baldovie Industrial Estate (Forties Road) Dundee 2022 110,000[232] 10
Waste incineration Under construction or under planning phase Ness Energy Project Aberdeen, Scotland 2023 150,000[233], [234] 11.1
Thainstone Energy Park Project ERF Aberdeen, Scotland N/A 200,000[235] 35
Barr Killoch Energy Recovery Park Ochiltree N/A Potential NETs savings of 18,000 tCO2/year[236] 12
Binn Farm Perth 2024 85,000[237] 7.3
Westfield (former Opencast Coal Mine) Cardenden N/A 200,000[238] 23.7
Oldhall Industrial Estate Irvine 2025 180,000[239] 15
Earls Gate Energy Centre Grangemouth N/A 216,000[240] 21.5
South Clyde Energy Centre Glasgow 2025 350,000[241] 20
Biogas production via advanced conversion technology Operational Charlesfield Biomass CHP Plant[242] Melrose 2015 N/A 10
Avondale Quarry (Pilot)[243] Grangemouth N/A N/A 2
Gasification or pyrolysis Operational Levenseat EfW Lanark N/A 100,000[244][245] 12.5
Glasgow Renewable Energy and Recycling Centre (ACT) Glasgow 2019 222,000[246][247] 10
Under construction or under planning phase Coatbridge Material Recovery and Renewable Energy Facility[248] Glasgow N/A 160,000 25
Levenseat Waste Management Facility[249] Forth 2025 215,000 17
Achnabreckcar[250] Lochgair N/A N/A 5.5
Binn Eco Park Perth N/A 60,000[251] 4.6

*note: This site appeared on the REPD but no technical data was found, it was therefore removed from our list of existing sites for the analysis stage.

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