A presentation from Nicholas Pollard, CEO at Cory Riverside Energy on the role of the energy from waste sector in the UK's energy mix

1. Assessing the UK’s energy mix and the role of waste as a
resource
Nicholas Pollard, Chief Executive Officer, Cory Riverside Energy 13/06/2017

2. CORY RIVERSIDE ENERGY
A LEADING UK “ENERGY FROM WASTE” COMPANY

3. CHANGING NATURE OF UK ENERGY MIX
• Total electricity generation 340 TWh
• Total renewable electricity generation: 79 TWh
• Total EfW generation: 6 TWh
National Infrastructure Commission
BEIS 2015
The capacity gap
• 38GW of baseload offline
coming offline
Reliability gap
• 60% electric vehicles by
2030
Security gap
• 9% UK electricity supply
from the continent
Need to diversify
renewable and provide
baseload electricity to
complement other
renewable sources

4. The UK produces around 250 million tonnes of waste a year
RESIDUAL WASTE IS AN ENERGY RESOURCE
• 8.5Mt sent for UK
EfW treatment
• 3.2Mt RDF exported
• 10Mt to landfill
250m tonnes
Construction
(earth/aggregate)
Household
(municipal waste)
Commercial and
Industrial
• 15% total UK
housing stock
• Equivalent to
half the
electricity
Hinkley Point
C will generate
in a year.
UK EfW
contributed
5.57 TWh
in 2015
Opportunity
for 13.2
TWh in 2020
• 1.6% total UK
electricity
generation
• 3% total UK
renewable
electricity
Recycling

5. EfW brings the additional benefit of contributing to the Circular Economy
THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Belvedere produces up
to 200k tonnes of ash
recycled as
construction aggregate
Up to 10k tonnes of Air
Pollution Control
Residue recycled to
create building blocks
for use in construction
With the UK committed to investing in its infrastructure, these by-products are
extremely useful and help to reduce mining virgin natural resources
There is the potential to
use the excess heat
energy created at
Riverside to provide
heating for Peabody's
housing development

6. EFW HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN DECARBONISATION
Landfill sites operated by major
waste operators,
2015 vs 2020 (F)
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
FCC
BIFFA
VIRIDOR
VEOLIA
CORY
2020
2015 (calc)
The landfill conundrum
• High dependency on landfill
• EfW offers an approximate 200kg
carbon saving per tonne of waste
compared to landfill:
• Potential saving 2m tonnes /yr of CO2
emissions
• Riverside = 9 times more efficient in
electricity generation
• Capacity to halve by 2020
• Alternative = RDF but extra 25kg C02
per tonne in transport

7. Incremental carbon
emissions from RDF
exports generate an
extra 80,000 tonnes
CO2. equivalent to 54
million HGV miles on
the road
Exports of RDF have grown substantially in recent years,
from close to zero in 2010, to 3.2 million tonnes in 2016.
WE ARE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY
The UK has paid more
than £900 million
since 2011 and £280
million in 2016
alone to ship this fuel
abroad
The UK construction
industry needs to
mine an additional 1m
tonnes of aggregate
each year to replace
the lost ash
1 year’s worth of RDF
exports loses the UK
enough electricity to
power circa 1 million
homes

8. A clear and consistent framework of taxation and regulation that stretches
years into the future, and that supports EfW
• EfW recognised and welcomed in clear energy policy
• Recognition of EfW as an infrastructure asset of national strategic importance
• A long-term plan to tax the export of RDF:
(4-5 year roadmap, Fits)
ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT IN EFW
Securing further private sector
investment:
• Investment in the waste industry
dominated by the private sector
• A stable regulatory environment
and consistent energy policy will
provide the platform for deeper
investment
Funding mix of National Infrastructure Pipeline
Source: Infrastructure & Projects Authority, Major Infrastructure Tracking Unit

9. • Waste must never be wasted. It is a valuable resource!
• It is a source of energy that the UK is not utilising effectively
or efficiently
• EfW offers multiple benefits including the treatment of waste, the contribution to
the UK’s energy security and the creation of useful aggregates
• However, the EfW sector requires significant investment if it is to meet the growing
demand for effective waste treatment and reliable baseload energy generation
• Both industry and government have a part to play in creating an environment that
encourages and enables increased private sector investment
SUMMARY

10. Cory
Riverside
Energy
Cory Riverside Energy, 2 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL
www.coryenergy.com | twitter.com/coryenergy | info@coryenergy.com
Nicholas Pollard
Group CEO
Nicholas.pollard@coryenergy.com
07342063416