- Permitted capacity
- 395 kt/a
- Commissioned
- 2026
- Energy recovery
- Electricity
Enfinium’s Kelvin energy recovery facility is being commissioned on the former Giffords Recycling site off Kelvin Way in West Bromwich, Sandwell, in the West Midlands.
The project, consented on appeal in 2019 and acquired from developer Verus Energy in 2021, reached financial close in November 2021 with Acciona as EPC contractor and represents an investment of more than GBP 500 million. It received its first waste from SUEZ in July 2026 and is expected to enter full operation later in 2026, about a year behind the original schedule.
Designed for up to 395,000 tonnes of residual waste a year and 44 MW gross, the CHP-enabled plant is to supply the planned West Bromwich Heat Network, which received almost GBP 5 million from the Green Heat Network Fund in 2025.
| Firing system | Grate |
|---|---|
| Feedstock | residual municipal waste, commercial and industrial waste, refuse-derived fuel |
| Electrical output | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
| Designer / EPC contractor | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
| Ownership | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
| Commissioning by line | 2026 planned (construction from November 2021; first waste 14 July 2026; full operation expected later in 2026) |
| Projects in progress | Commissioning: first waste received July 2026, full operations expected later in 2026; West Bromwich Heat Network (town-scale network to take heat from Kelvin, almost GBP 5 m Green Heat Network Fund award May 2025, SSE/Sandwell); carbon capture across the enfinium fleet foreseen in the Net Zero Transition Plan, no Kelvin-specific application (October 2026) |
| Address | Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility, Kelvin Way, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 7JR |
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