Energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom had a headline capacity of 17.3 million metric tons per annum in 2021. This figure represents an increase of almost five percent in comparison to the previous year. Since 2014, power plant capacity in the country has more than doubled, in line with the growth in
Headline capacity of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2021 (in million metric tons per annum)
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Tolvik Consulting Limited. (May 11, 2022). Headline capacity of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2021 (in million metric tons per annum) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/936130/waste-to-energy-incinerators-headline-capacity-united-kingdom-uk/
Tolvik Consulting Limited. "Headline capacity of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2021 (in million metric tons per annum)." Chart. May 11, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/936130/waste-to-energy-incinerators-headline-capacity-united-kingdom-uk/
Tolvik Consulting Limited. (2022). Headline capacity of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2021 (in million metric tons per annum). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/936130/waste-to-energy-incinerators-headline-capacity-united-kingdom-uk/
Tolvik Consulting Limited. "Headline Capacity of Energy-from-waste (Efw) Incinerators in The United Kingdom from 2014 to 2021 (in Million Metric Tons per Annum)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/936130/waste-to-energy-incinerators-headline-capacity-united-kingdom-uk/
Tolvik Consulting Limited, Headline capacity of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2021 (in million metric tons per annum) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/936130/waste-to-energy-incinerators-headline-capacity-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
Headline capacity of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2021 (in million metric tons per annum) [Graph], Tolvik Consulting Limited, May 11, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/936130/waste-to-energy-incinerators-headline-capacity-united-kingdom-uk/