Pitsea waste management site is a large landfill site on the north side of the Thames estuary 0.7 miles (1.1 km) from Pitsea in Basildon, Essex.[1] It is the second largest landfill site in the UK[2] operated by Veolia Ltd.[1] receiving 800,000 tonnes of solid waste per year, mostly from the London conurbation.
The decomposition of organic matter within the landfill generates a gas rich which is rich in methane. This landfill gas is collected by a network of pipes and since 2001 has been used to power generators producing 16.2 MW of electricity. The electricity is sent into the National Grid; this amounts to about 94.4 GWh per year sufficient to power 14,300 homes.[3]
After the site closes in the early 2020s, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds plans to convert it to a nature reserve.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Recycling and Waste, Recycling centres, Basildon - Pitsea". Essex County Council. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ a b Adam, David (4 May 2010). "Back to nature: RSPB to run Pitsea landfill site". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ "Pitsea Landfill gas power station". EDL Energy. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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