P Gwyrdd and the nominated "available" site at Queensway Meadows near Llanwern.

P Gwyrdd and the nominated "available" site at Queensway Meadows near Llanwern. Newport

The the "study" that chose that site below. The waste heat from a CHP incinerator would be enough for much of
Newport (if this was viable, why not take the waste heat from the existing power stations). If there is no practical
scheme or funding for laying extensive heat pipes, then the whole idea of a single large incinerator (at Newport)
should be ruled out.

UKWIN used the Poyry study to argue this in general

http://www.ukwin.org.uk/files/pdf/UKWIN_Welsh_response_July_2009.pdf.

PGwyrdd_ EvaluShortlist_Feb09.pdf

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National network formed to oppose incineration

Members of a new network seeking to prevent more incinerators being built in the UK met for the first time last weekend in Reading.
It's crucial that we don't make the mistake of building technologies that will create a demand for residual waste. Dr Michael Warhurst, FoE
The network is called the United Kingdom Without Incineration - UKWIN - and was established back in March with the support of pressure group Friends of the Earth.

Green light for £17m Wrexham recycling plant
05-09-2007
Planning consent for recycling and in-vessel composting facility with 80,000 tonnes annual capacity

43% of waste technologies "unproven"
10-09-2007
Almost half of waste treatment solutions on the market have not been "proven" to work effectively, a newly-published report has revealed.