Question reference: S6W-09311
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 24 June 2022
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Current status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 July 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the report Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury? Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland, how many incinerators are currently (a) operational, (b) under construction, (c) have planning permission in place, and (d) seeking planning permission, broken down by how many deliver combined heat and power.
Answer
Information on operational and planned incineration facilities, including their status, is set out in Tables 1 and 2 in Stop, Sort, Burn Bury? Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland , which was published on 10 May 2022. This can be found here: Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury - incineration in the waste hierarchy: independent review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Currently, all operational facilities in Scotland export electricity only, with the exception of the Lerwick facility, which exports heat only. All plants currently exporting electricity only are combined heat and power (CHP) ready and all new plants must be built heat and power ready.
Our £300 million Heat Network Fund, launched in February 2022, is one of a number of ways of helping local authorities and private companies make use of existing waste heat through heat networks wherever possible. We currently support heat network projects in Aberdeen and Midlothian that will use heat from Energy from Waste.