
Cory Riverside Energy is one of the UK’s leading resource management, recycling, and energy recovery companies. We operate the largest Energy from Waste facility in the United Kingdom, located on the banks of the River Thames in London
Cory Riverside Energy:
key numbers
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Less landfill
750000 Up to 750k tonnes of London's waste turned into electricity and
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Green highway
100000 Vehicle journeys saved using our carbon efficient fleet of tugs and barges to move waste along the Thames Find out more -
Bin to brick
10000 Up to 10k tonnes of Air Pollution Control Residue recycled to create building blocks for use in construction Find out more
The journey of waste through London
How our energy from waste plant works
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Hover over the numbers to find out more about each stage of the EfW process.
THE TIPPING HALL
In the tipping hall the waste is tipped into one of 12 tipping bays. Each bay has a hydraulically operated door designed to minimise noise and odour during tipping. Lights on each tipping bay indicate to the drivers of the vehicles which bay is available to receive waste.
THE WASTE BUNKER
The tipping bays open into a waste bunker 30m deep, 61m long and 16m wide. It can hold up to 10,000 tonnes of waste, enough to fuel the plant at full capacity for five days.
Overhead waste cranes mix the waste to ensure that it maintains a similar heating value. Thermal Cameras detect any hot spots in the waste bunker, if the temperature of any hot spot exceeds 90ºC water cannons automatically operate.
The plant runs three combustion lines. The waste cranes feed each one in turn ensuring that the boilers have the required feedstock for 24 hour operation.
THE INCINERATOR
The waste travels down the chutes and onto a horizontal feeder table where hydraulically operated ram feeders push the waste onto the stoker grate.
The stoker grate is made up of alternate rows of fixed and moving cast steel bars that are arranged on a slope. The forward movement of these bars tumbles the waste slowly down the burning waste bed.
Primary heated combustion air is drawn from above the waste bunker and fed into the waste bed through holes in each stoker grate bar. This process dries the waste and provides the correct amount of air to allow good combustion of the waste.
THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER
Secondary swirling air is introduced above the stoker grate. This ensures that the gases given off by the burning waste are thoroughly mixed, resulting in a fully optimised combustion process and lower levels of toxicity in the gases leaving the combustion chamber. Ammonia is also injected into the flue gas to reduce the level of Nitrogen Oxides to the level demanded by the Environmental Permit.
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
Heat from the flue gases boils the water in the boiler tubes turning the water into steam in the Steam Drum, the steam is then super heated. This steam drives the turbine that in turn drives the generator, producing electricity.
THE ASH BUNKER
The resulting burnt out product is known as incinerator bottom ash and this falls from the base of the grate into a quench bath. Ash is collected in an Ash Bunker and loaded onto trucks by cranes and hoppers. Any oversized metal or other objects are removed and recycled and the remainder is sent to our partner plant at Tilbury Docks for processing and recycling into aggregate that is primarily used by the road building industry.
MANAGING THE FLUE GASES
Flue gases leave the boiler and pass into a reactor tower where hydrated lime, powdered activated carbon and water are injected into the swirling gas flow. These help neutralise acids and capture heavy metal particles.
FILTERING THE FLUE GASES
Gases from the reactor tower are drawn into one of three fabric bag filters. These filters are each made from 2,048 6m long cylindrical fibre bags on steel wire cages. The clean gases pass through the filters and the Air Pollution Control Residue (APCR) collects on the outer surface of the bags.
Compressed air pulses shake off the APCR into silos. The APCR is removed from the site by road tanker where it is recycled into cinder blocks for use by the construction trade.
FLUE GAS FLOW
Flue Gas is drawn through the entire process by Induced Draft Fans. The clean hot gas from the Fabric Filter is passed through a silencer and a heat exchanger that heats feed water to provide an efficient process.
THE COOLING STACK
Cooled gas is forced up an 85 metre high stack where it is discharged into atmosphere. Emissions equipment continually monitors these emissions ensuring that our energy from waste plant stays within the limits set down in our environmental permit.
Contact us
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Wandsworth, London
Western Riverside Transfer Station
Smugglers Way
Wandsworth
London
SW18 1EG
Tel: 020 8871 3924
Fax: 020 8870 5676
Email: info@coryenergy.com
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Battersea, London
Cringle Dock Transfer Station
Cringle Street
Battersea
London
SW11 8BX
Tel: 020 7622 1046
Fax: 020 7720 0761
Email: info@coryenergy.com
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Battersea, London
Pensbury Place Transfer Station
Pensbury Place
Battersea
London
SW8 4TP
Tel: 020 7622 1046
Fax: 020 7720 0761
Email: info@coryenergy.com
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City of London
Walbrook Wharf Transfer Station
Upper Thames Street
London
EC4R 3TD
Tel: 020 7329 6721
Fax: 020 7248 1480
Email: info@coryenergy.com
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Tower Hamlets, London
Northumberland Wharf Transfer Station
Yabsley Street
London
E14 9RG
Tel: 020 7538 5607
Fax: 020 7531 1843
Email: info@coryenergy.com
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Charlton, London
Lighterage
Riverside
Charlton
London
SE7 7SU
Tel: 020 8853 5434
Fax: 020 8858 8388
Email: info@coryenergy.com
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Belvedere, Kent
RRR Energy from Waste facility
Norman Road
Belvedere
Kent
DA17 6JY
Tel: 020 8320 3310
Fax:
Email: info@coryenergy.com
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Tilbury, Essex
Riverside Resource Recovery Ltd
Berth 22
Port of Tilbury
Tilbury
Essex
RM18 7EH
Tel: 020 8320 3310
Fax: 020 7720 0761
Email: info@coryenergy.com
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Farringdon, London
Head Office
2 Coldbath Square
London
EC1R 5HL
Tel: 020 7417 5200
Fax: 0844 854 1001
Email: info@coryenergy.com
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Gravesend, Kent
Cory Ship Repair Services Limited
Wharf Road
Gravesend
Kent DA12 2RU
Tel: 01474 567 881
Fax: 020 8858 8388
Email: info@coryenergy.com
Wandsworth, London
Western Riverside Transfer Station
Smugglers WayWandsworth
London
SW18 1EG
Tel: 020 8871 3924
Fax: 020 8870 5676
Email: info@coryenergy.com
Battersea, London
Cringle Dock Transfer Station
Cringle StreetBattersea
London
SW11 8BX
Tel: 020 7622 1046
Fax: 020 7720 0761
Email: info@coryenergy.com
Battersea, London
Pensbury Place Transfer Station
Pensbury PlaceBattersea
London
SW8 4TP
Tel: 020 7622 1046
Fax: 020 7720 0761
Email: info@coryenergy.com
City of London
Walbrook Wharf Transfer Station
Upper Thames StreetLondon
EC4R 3TD
Tel: 020 7329 6721
Fax: 020 7248 1480
Email: info@coryenergy.com
Tower Hamlets, London
Northumberland Wharf Transfer Station
Yabsley StreetLondon
E14 9RG
Tel: 020 7538 5607
Fax: 020 7531 1843
Email: info@coryenergy.com
Charlton, London
Lighterage
RiversideCharlton
London
SE7 7SU
Tel: 020 8853 5434
Fax: 020 8858 8388
Email: info@coryenergy.com
Belvedere, Kent
RRR Energy from Waste facility
Norman RoadBelvedere
Kent
DA17 6JY
Tel: 020 8320 3310
Fax:
Email: info@coryenergy.com
Tilbury, Essex
Riverside Resource Recovery Ltd
Berth 22Port of Tilbury
Tilbury
Essex
RM18 7EH
Tel: 020 8320 3310
Fax: 020 7720 0761
Email: info@coryenergy.com
Farringdon, London
Head Office
2 Coldbath SquareLondon
EC1R 5HL
Tel: 020 7417 5200
Fax: 0844 854 1001
Email: info@coryenergy.com
Gravesend, Kent
Cory Ship Repair Services Limited
Wharf RoadGravesend
Kent DA12 2RU
Tel: 01474 567 881
Fax: 020 8858 8388
Email: info@coryenergy.com
Wandsworth, London
Smugglers WayWandsworth
London
SW18 1EG
Tel: 020 8871 3924
Fax: 020 8870 5676
Email: info@coryenergy.com Get directions
Battersea, London
Cringle StreetBattersea
London
SW11 8BX
Tel: 020 7622 1046
Fax: 020 7720 0761
Email: info@coryenergy.com Get directions
Battersea, London
Pensbury PlaceBattersea
London
SW8 4TP
Tel: 020 7622 1046
Fax: 020 7720 0761
Email: info@coryenergy.com Get directions
City of London
Upper Thames StreetLondon
EC4R 3TD
Tel: 020 7329 6721
Fax: 020 7248 1480
Email: info@coryenergy.com Get directions
Tower Hamlets, London
Yabsley StreetLondon
E14 9RG
Tel: 020 7538 5607
Fax: 020 7531 1843
Email: info@coryenergy.com Get directions
Charlton, London
RiversideCharlton
London
SE7 7SU
Tel: 020 8853 5434
Fax: 020 8858 8388
Email: info@coryenergy.com Get directions
Belvedere, Kent
Norman RoadBelvedere
Kent
DA17 6JY
Tel: 020 8320 3310
Fax:
Email: info@coryenergy.com Get directions
Tilbury, Essex
Berth 22Port of Tilbury
Tilbury
Essex
RM18 7EH
Tel: 020 8320 3310
Fax: 020 7720 0761
Email: info@coryenergy.com Get directions
Farringdon, London
2 Coldbath SquareLondon
EC1R 5HL
Tel: 020 7417 5200
Fax: 0844 854 1001
Email: info@coryenergy.com Get directions
Gravesend, Kent
Wharf RoadGravesend
Kent DA12 2RU
Tel: 01474 567 881
Fax: 020 8858 8388
Email: info@coryenergy.com Get directions
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