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Trumps Farm Factsheet
Location
- The site is the former Highways Depot on land adjacent to Trumps Farm, Kitsmead Lane, Longcross, near Chertsey, Surrey.
- Access to the site will be mainly from the east via the A320 and the M25.
Dimensions
- 160,000 tonnes per annum capacity one stream EfW plant.
- 170 metres long, varying from 20 – 70 metres wide and from 18m – 40 m in height.
- The stack will be 85 metres in height, as measured from base level of which 45 metres will be above the building.
Construction
- To begin in 2009, subject to planning consent.
- Construction and commissioning will take approximately three years.
- Up to 150 temporary construction jobs will be created.
- The facility will be fully operational in 2012.
- Design and build costs estimated to be over £75 million.
Staffing
- Up to 45 full time staff will be employed at the facility one it is up and running
- There will be a Visitors Centre providing community waste minimisation and recycling education programmes and exhibition space.
Waste Footprint
- The proposed facility will process 160,000 tonnes of household waste each year. 94,000 will be delivered from Charlton Lane, Shepperton and Slyfield, Guildford refuse transfer stations and the remaining 66,000 tonnes will come directly in refuse collection vehicles from households in Runnymede, Spelthorne and Surrey Heath.
- Residues left over from the EfW process (up to 30%), such as ash will be taken away to be recycled or landfilled.
Power
- The facility will produce approximately 14MW of electricity from the waste. 12MW will be fed into the National Grid.
- This will be enough to power 12,000 homes.
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