Ferrybridge 2, Knottingley, UK

Ferrybridge 2 is one of the most efficient Waste to Energy plants in the UK. It supplies homes and businesses with electricity and helps prevent thousands of tonnes of waste from ending up in landfill every year. With a remarkable boiler capacity of 117 MW thermal, FM2 matches the outstanding performance of its sister plant, Ferrybridge Multifuel 1, which was also constructed by Hitachi Zosen. During FM2’s three-year construction phase around 300 steady jobs were created, involving a considerable number of local companies.

• Type of system: water-cooled Kanadevia Inova reciprocating grate

• Fuel: municipal waste, substitute fuels from biomass

• Calorific value: 8.5–16.5 MJ/kg

• Number of lines: two

• Boiler design: five-pass boiler

• Flue gas treatment: fabric filter, SNCR, semidry adsorption