Sources for figures

Jobs created during construction – over 1,000
Source: Hitachi Zosen Inova, EPC (engineer, procure, construct) contractors to the plant. Analysis of jobs is 1400 to 1500 with 300 at any one time at the peak.

Saving to Norfolk Council Tax Payers - £200 million
Source: Norfolk County Council http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/article/ncc087417.pdf

Potential Government Funding for Norfolk - £169 million
Source: Norfolk County Council http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/article/ncc087417.pdf

Performance and facility monitoring – 24/7
This will be specified in the Environmental Permit and regulated by the Environment Agency

Metals and aggregates recycled annually – 55,000 tonnes
Ballast Phoenix figures for aggregates in bid documentation that IBA is 22% of processed waste and is 100% recycled– derived from previous experience. Metals recovered separately.

Energy from Waste plants already operating in Europe – over 440
Source: Confederation of European Waste to Energy Plants, map for 2009 based on ‘Energy from Waste statistics. State of the Art report, 5th edition. August 2006’, carried out by ISWA’s Thermal Treatment Working Group.

Annual reduction of CO2 from landfill, equivalent of 30,000 cars
Willows Power & Recycling Centre will reduce CO2 emissions by over 71,000 tonnes CO2e compared to landfill (WRATE analysis for Norfolk County Council).

Average CO2 emissions of cars in use in 2009 = 172.8 g/km
(SMMT CO2 Report 2011)

71,000 tCO2e / 172.8g/km = 410,879,630 kilometres
= 255,308,275 miles (Conversion factor 1km = 0.62137 miles)

Average car mileage = 8,430 miles in 2010
(Department of Transport National Travel Survey 2010, July 2011)

So equivalent number of cars for reduced emissions is:
255,308,275 miles / 8,430 miles = 30,285 cars

Waste diverted from landfill each year - over 250,000 tonnes
Source: Bid documentation submitted to Norfolk County Council based on processing 268,000 tonnes and up to 10,000 tonnes APC residue being sent to landfill.

UK Waste Disposal Authorities using Energy from Waste – over 70%
Source: Municipal Waste Management, published 2009. DEFRA www.defra.gov.uk/statistics/files/mwb200910a.xls

Electricity to power the equivalent of 36,000 homes
Source: Norfolk County Council http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/article/ncc087417.pdf

Willows Power and Recycling Centre is designed to export 20.4 MW.
20.4MW x 8760 hours x 90% (availability ratio) = 160.8 GWh per year

DECC/National Statistics figure for average household consumption in 2008 is 4,478 kWh (and reducing)
160.8 GWh / 4,478 kWh = 35,916 households

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