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Incinerators

Answer

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) does not hold data on electricity consumption at this level of disaggregation; however, for calculating the UK energy balance we estimate that on average sites generating electricity (including combined heat and power schemes) from waste use approximately 10 per cent of electricity generated for their own use.

Estimated electricity consumed for own use by sites generating electricity from waste⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾, 2015-16

Consumption (GWh)

	2015	2016
Electricity consumed for own use	520	550

(1) Based on data from DUKES table 6.4, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes

(2) Biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste. Non-biodegradable waste includes the non-biodegradable part of municipal solid waste plus waste tyres, hospital waste and general industrial waste.

Using emission conversion factors published by BEIS⁽³⁾, estimated emissions for own use by sites generating electricity from waste were:

	2015	2016
CO2 emissions from electricity consumed for own use (million tonnes of carbon dioxide)	0.181	0.192
CO2e emissions from electricity consumed for own use (million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)	0.183	0.193

(3) Emission conversion factors are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-conversion-factors-for-company-reporting

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

117597

Session

2017-19

Subjects

Electricity Incinerators Carbon emissions

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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