Sustainable Investment

Energy from Waste

Energy from waste (EFW) defines a type of incineration that involves burning waste at high temperatures to produce energy.

Energy from Waste

Iona has developed a portfolio of Energy from Waste (“EfW”) projects to take advantage of the market opportunity as the UK moves towards full diversion of waste from landfill.

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Waste is collected by councils and private companies and delivered to an EfW facility.

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Waste is then burned at the facility using a proven technology which generates a hot flue gas.

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Hot flue gasses travel through a boiler, generating steam, which in turn drives a turbine and generates electricity.

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All facilities have systems that remove particulates and clean up the gases from the burned waste before they are released through the chimney.

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Ash is created as a by-product from this process. Metals are recovered for recycling before ash is sent to an ash processing plant to be turned into an aggregate.