Isonomia

by Adam Baddeley

Last week’s announcement by Defra that it was withdrawing around a combined £200 million of PFI funding from three waste projects (Merseyside, Bradford / Calderdale, City of York / North Yorkshire) was met with some anger and derision across the waste industry. No surprises that the loudest voices were those who have invested significant amounts in these projects, not least the successful bidders (or ‘nearly successful’ in the case of Merseyside) in each related procurement.

Read more on How much is too much?…

by Adam Baddeley and Chris Cullen

Following on from our blog piece on the treatment capacity of the ‘Big 7’ waste management players in the UK, we have decided to examine the balance between contracted and non-contracted residual waste treatment capacity in the pipeline. By ‘contracted capacity’ we mean facilities that have signed a long-term local authority (LA) contract; ‘non-contracted’ capacity may be facilities that are intending to operate in the merchant sector, or could be currently involved in a procurement process for a local authority contract.

Read more on Waste infrastructure: consenting, contracting and construction…

by Adam Baddeley and Chris Cullen

Last week Eunomia published the latest update to its Residual Waste Infrastructure Review. We thought it would be interesting to cut the numbers differently and take a look at who amongst the ‘Big 7’ players in the UK is actually developing the most new waste treatment capacity.

Read more on Residual waste treatment: who’s the daddy?…

by Adam Baddeley

An article by one my colleagues last year set out an intelligent case for the export of waste from the UK for use as fuel in other European Union (EU) Member States, particularly highlighting that this need not be just a short-term fix. But the debate rumbles on, and has begun to take new forms, so I thought I would examine the numbers and see how the case for retaining our refuse derived fuel (RDF), also known as solid recovered fuel (SRF), for incineration in the UK, stacks up.

Read more on Exports: a waste of energy?…

by Adam Baddeley, Sam Taylor and Chris Cullen

Secure, clean and affordable – it is hard to argue with the policy objectives for UK electricity supply in July’s White Paper on Electricity Market Reform (EMR). But much remains to be debated – first and foremost whether any achievable mix of generation can meet all three objectives.

Read more on No more hot air; just more wind and gas…