Millerhill Recycling and Energy Recovery Centre is a recycling and waste incineration facility at Millerhill in Midlothian, near Edinburgh in Scotland. It was built on part of the site of the Millerhill Marshalling Yard; construction began in October 2016 and the plant opened fully in September 2019. Commissioned by the City of Edinburgh Council and Midlothian Council, the plant cost £142 million and will divert 155,000 tons of waste a year from going to landfill. It burns treated waste to generate electricity which is fed into the National Grid.[1][2][3] The plant uses combustion and XeroSorp flue gas treatment from Hitachi Zosen Inova.[4] This is a dry adsorption system which uses sodium bicarbonate to clean the exhaust.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Official opening of Millerhill Recycling and Energy Recovery Centre set to boost Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils' Zero Waste targets". FCC Environment. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Quinn, Kevin (30 September 2019). "Millerhill recycling centre officially opened". Midlothian Advertiser. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Hay, Katharine (23 September 2019). "A first look at Edinburgh's first multi-million pound energy saving waste plant". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Doherty, Joshua (23 September 2019). "FCC opens Millerhill EfW 'ahead of schedule'". letsrecycle.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Xerosorp - Flue Gas Treatment - Dry Scrubber by Hitachi Zosen Inova AG". www.environmental-expert.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

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