Stoke EfW is a large

incineration Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials. Industrial plants for waste incineration are commonly referred to as waste-to-energy facilities. Incineration and other high ...

plant in the Sideway area of Stoke-on-Trent,

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. It burns municipal waste and in the process produces electricity for the National Grid (UK), National Grid. It was originally built in 1989 and is operated by Hanford Waste Services Ltd. The original plant was found to release 300 times the standard level of dioxins, so was replaced with a new facility, opening in October 1998. The plant is dominated by a 76-metre-tall chimney stack and has a total installed generating capacity of 15.4 megawatts.

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REA projects:Stoke Incinerator
Waste power stations in England {{UK-powerstation-stub