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Cardiff Organic Waste Treatment Project
Cardiff Organic Waste Treatment Project is an operational 2 MW anaerobic digestion plant in Cardiff, generating since 23 January 2017. Planning permission was granted on 13 May 2015, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Kelda Organic Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 12 March 2015 |
| Permission granted | 13 May 2015 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 23 January 2017 20 months after consent |
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|---|---|---|
EfW Incineration · Operational | 30 | 1.1 km |
Sewage Sludge Digestion · Operational | 5.5 | 1.1 km |
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.5 | 2.9 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.3 | 4 km |
Fuel Cell (Hydrogen) · Under Construction | 0.11 | 5.8 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 1.08 | 5.8 km |
How big is Cardiff Organic Waste Treatment Project?
Cardiff Organic Waste Treatment Project has a recorded installed capacity of 2 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Cardiff Organic Waste Treatment Project?
REPD records the operator as Kelda Organic Energy. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Cardiff Organic Waste Treatment Project approved and built?
The application was submitted on 12 March 2015. Permission was granted on 13 May 2015, 2 months later. The site became operational on 23 January 2017, 20 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 5081.
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