Parc Adfer Energy Recovery Facility - Initial Application Received

Overview

Enfinium Parc Adfer Operations Limited have submitted an application to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to change its environmental permit for Parc Adfer Energy Recovery Facility (permit number EPR/AB3092CV).

This change, termed a ‘variation’, is a legal requirement under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2016.

We are seeking comments on this application.

Application details

Application reference: PAN-030272

Regulated facility type: Installation

Section 5.1: Waste management - Part A(1) (a) The incineration of non-hazardous waste in a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant with a capacity exceeding 3 tonnes per hour.

Section 5.4: Disposal, recovery or a mix of disposal and recovery of non-hazardous waste – Part A(1) (a) Recovery or a mix of recovery and disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day (or 100 tonnes per day if the only waste treatment activity is anaerobic digestion) involving one or more of the following activities covered by the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994 (iii) treatment of slags and ashes.

Section 6.10: Carbon Capture and Storage – Part A (1)(a) Capture of carbon dioxide streams from an installation for the purposes of geological storage pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008 and other EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide in relation to England and Wales.

Medium Combustion Plant - Schedule 25A – Medium Combustion Plant, and Specified Generator that is excluded.

Regulated facility location: Weighbridge Road, Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside, Flintshire, CH5 2GY

The permit currently allows the incineration of municipal, industrial and commercial waste in a combined heat and power-enabled incinerator.

This application is to add a post-combustion carbon dioxide capture plant (CCP) to the exhaust gas from the incinerator to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions. The CCP will use an amine-based solvent to absorb carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the exhaust gases. The captured carbon dioxide will be compressed before being transported off-site for geological storage.

The application contains a full description of the proposed installation; the materials, substances and energy it will use and generate; the conditions of its site; the source, nature and quantity of its foreseeable emissions and their potential impact, the proposed techniques for preventing, reducing, and monitoring its emissions and preventing and recovering waste; and an outline of the main alternatives, if any, considered.

You can view the application documents on our on-line public register. Alternatively, you can arrange to view the documents by phoning our Customer Service Centre on 0300 065 3000 or emailing permittingconsultations@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk.

Why your views matter

We want to make the best decision when permitting. Listening to the views of others helps us to take account of concerns, or local environmental factors, that we may not be otherwise aware of.

We are seeking your comments on the application and have launched a four-week public consultation. We will take all relevant responses into account before we make our decision on the permit application. 

You can provide comments on the application by taking part in our consultation, linked at the bottom of this page. If you have any issues submitting your comments, you can send your comments to us by email to permittingconsultations@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk.

Please see Natural Resources Wales / Public participation: how you can take part in our permit and licence consultations for more information on how we consult and what matters are within our regulatory remit.