OUR SUMMER CONSULTATION IS OPEN: 18 JUNE TO 30 JULY 2018 Indicative image of possible scale, layout and design HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE PROPOSED RIVERSIDE ENERGY PARK Cory Riverside Energy is progressing plans to construct Riverside Energy Park, an integrated electricity generating station that would help convert more of London’s waste into low carbon, renewable energy. Following the consultation we held in May, we're running this next phase of consultation so that consultees have a further opportunity to provide their views on our proposals. Our new Energy Park is being proposed for a site on Norman Road in Belvedere, to the west of our existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility (RRRF), which has been operating successfully and cleanly since 2011. If we obtain planning consent, the proposed Energy Park would complement RRRF and comprise a range of technologies including waste energy recovery, anaerobic digestion (of food and green waste), solar panels and battery storage. The technologies at the proposed Energy Park would together generate up to 96 MW of electricity. Riverside Energy Park could generate enough energy to power the equivalent of 140,000 homes. The new facility would also include on-site infrastructure to enable heat energy to be supplied to local housing. This consultation leaflet describes our proposals and explains how you can learn more about our plans. It also explains the specific areas on which we are seeking your views and how you can provide your comments. See map inside for more details. YOUR COMMENTS We’d like to thank everybody who took the time to come along to the public exhibitions we held in May this year and all those who gave us their views on our proposals. We have now completed a number of technical studies about the project and its likely effects. This additional information is being made available as part of this consultation. Riverside Energy Park – proposed Riverside Resource Recovery Facility – existing
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OUR SUMMER CONSULTATION IS OPEN: 18 JUNE TO 30 JULY 2018
Indicative image of possible scale, layout and design
HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE PROPOSED
RIVERSIDE ENERGY PARK
Cory Riverside Energy is progressing plans to construct Riverside Energy Park, an integrated electricity generating station that would help convert more of London’s waste into low carbon, renewable energy.
Following the consultation we held in May, we're running this next phase of consultation so that consultees have a further opportunity to provide their views on our proposals.
Our new Energy Park is being proposed for a site on Norman Road in Belvedere, to the west of our existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility (RRRF), which has been operating successfully and cleanly since 2011.
If we obtain planning consent, the proposed Energy Park would complement RRRF and comprise a range of technologies including waste energy recovery, anaerobic digestion (of food and green waste), solar panels and battery storage.
The technologies at the proposed Energy Park would together generate up to 96 MW of electricity. Riverside Energy Park could generate enough energy to power the equivalent of 140,000 homes.
The new facility would also include on-site infrastructure to enable heat energy to be supplied to local housing. This consultation leaflet describes our proposals and explains how you can learn more about our plans. It also explains the specific areas on which we are seeking your views and how you can provide your comments.
See map inside for more details.
YOUR COMMENTSWe’d like to thank everybody who took the time to come along to the public exhibitions we held in May this year and all those who gave us their views on our proposals.
We have now completed a number of technical studies about the project and its likely effects.
This additional information is being made available as part of this consultation.
Riverside Energy Park – proposed Riverside Resource Recovery Facility – existing
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RIVERSIDE ENERGY PARK
OUR PREFERRED BUILDING DESIGN
BUILDING DESIGN OPTIONS
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OUR PROPOSED CABLE ROUTE
Our proposed Energy Park would need a new 132kV connection to the electricity network. The connection would be installed using a buried electricity cable to the existing Littlebrook substation, approximately 8 km to the south east of the site. We are considering several route options, either predominately along the dual carriageways of the A206, or along roads closer to the Thames. The different route options are shown on the map below.
CONNECTING TO THE ELECTRICITY NETWORK
We plan to generate as much low carbon renewable energy as possible, including from solar panels on our roof. We therefore prefer a building design that maximises solar generation whilst minimising building mass and height; requires a lower stack; provides safer access for maintenance and makes the most efficient use of materials and internal space.
We consider that a stepped building design delivers these benefits and it therefore remains our preferred building form, having taken into account comments received in our May consultation.
You can see information about the alternative curved and flat roof building forms that we have also considered at our consultation events and on our website.
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Proposed Energy Park
Connection route options:
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Connection to the electricity network within existing substation building at Littlebrook
WE’D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ...We are undertaking an Environmental Impact Assessment to understand the likely environmental effects of the proposals. As part of this consultation, we have prepared a Preliminary Environmental Information Report (PEIR) which sets out the results of the assessments carried out so far. We have also prepared a non-technical summary of the PEIR.
The PEIR contains information on a range of environmental topics. We would like your views on this information. In particular, we would like your views on:
• Our proposed use of the River Thames
• Our proposed options for our electrical connection route
• The social, environmental and economic factors we are taking into account in our design approach (including our preference for a stepped building form, rather than curved or flat)
• Our proposed approach to protection of local air quality, traffic and transport management and other environmental information presented in the PEIR
The PEIR and the non-technical summary are available on our website, at our consultation events, and at the venues listed on the back page of this leaflet. You can give us your views by completing a comments form in person at any of our events. You can also submit your comments to us by post, via our website, or by sending us an email (see contact details on back page).
THE PROPOSED ENERGY PARK INCLUDES:
Battery storage to supply additional power to meet London’s demand at peak times
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Using the River Thames as our green highway to transport waste – reducing the need for lorry journeys on London's roads
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Combined Heat and Power (CHP) infrastructure on our site that could supply a potential district heat network to serve local homes and businesses
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Anaerobic Digestion plant to treat approximately 40,000 tonnes of food and green waste, generating up to 1 MW of electricity, heat energy or compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicle fuel
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Solar panels across the maximum possible extent of the roof which could generate up to 1.2 MW
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Energy Recovery Facility using non-recyclable waste as fuel to generate low carbon/renewable energy
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Riverside Resource Recovery Facility – existing
Riverside Energy Park – proposed
RIVERSIDE ENERGY PARK
You can fill out a comments form on our project website:
www.riversideenergypark.comEmail your comments to:
We request your comments by 30 July 2018. All comments received by this date will be considered when finalising our proposals.
We plan to submit our application for development consent later this year. The application will be accompanied by a Consultation Report, which will explain how we have had regard to any comments received during this consultation.
The application will be examined by independent inspectors appointed by the Planning Inspectorate. You will have the opportunity to participate in the examination.
The inspectors will make a recommendation to the relevant Secretary of State who will then decide whether to grant development consent for the Energy Park. To find out more about their role you can go to: infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk
If consent is granted, we hope to start construction in 2021 and this means we could be fully operational and sustainably managing even more of London’s waste by 2024.
FIND OUT MORE AND MEET OUR TEAM
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS
You can view maps and images of what the proposed Energy Park could look like; view potential cable route plans; read technical reports; fill out a comments form; and ask any questions you may have at our community consultation events.
Our consultation documents (including the Preliminary Environmental Information Report and its non-technical summary) are available to view on the project website www.riversideenergypark.com, and at our public events.
Our consultation documents will also be available to view at the following locations throughout the consultation period:
London Borough of Bexley Civic Offices 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AT
Upper Belvedere Community Library Woolwich Road, Upper Belvedere, DA17 5EQ
Dartford Library Central Park, Market Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1EU
DATE VENUE TIME
Friday 6 July
Belvedere Community Centre Mitchell Close, Belvedere, DA17 6AA
Slade Green and Howbury Community Centre Chrome Road, Erith, DA8 2EL
09:00 – 13:00
16:00 – 20:00
Saturday 7 July
Belvedere Community Centre Mitchell Close, Belvedere, DA17 6AA
The Leigh University Technical College The Bridge Development, Brunel Way, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5TF
09:00 – 13:00
15.00 – 18.00
Tuesday 10 July
Slade Green and Howbury Community Centre Chrome Road, Erith, DA8 2EL
16:00 – 20:00
Thursday 12 July
The Dartford Bridge Learning & Community Campus Birdwood Avenue, DA1 5GB
Belvedere Community Centre Mitchell Close, Belvedere, DA17 6AA
09:00 – 13:00
16.00 – 20.00
OR CALL US ON: 0330 838 4254(normal landline rates apply)
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