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Viridor — power plant portfolio

Viridor operates 17 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 134 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 328,663 t CO₂/yr.

17power plants
134MW total capacity
1countries
328,663t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Waste: 11 plants11WasteBiomass: 5 plants5BiomassSolar: 1 plants1Solar

Fleet interpretation

Viridor is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is United Kingdom (17).

The fuel mix by asset count is waste (11), biomass (5), solar (1). The largest listed asset is Trident Park in United Kingdom (30 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 8 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 1 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 1 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 17 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Trident ParkWasteUnited Kingdom30—
Ardley EfWWasteUnited Kingdom26—
Beddington EfWWasteUnited Kingdom26—
Dunbar Power PlantWasteUnited Kingdom14328,663
Peterborough EfWWasteUnited Kingdom7—
Glasgow Renewable Energy and Recycling Centre (Waste AD)BiomassUnited Kingdom5—
Exeter EfWWasteUnited Kingdom4—
Sands Farm Quarry Landfill SiteWasteUnited Kingdom4—
Westbury (Closed) Landfill SiteSolarUnited Kingdom4—
DunbarWasteUnited Kingdom2—
Heathfield 'A' LandfillWasteUnited Kingdom2—
Reliance Street Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility (MBT)BiomassUnited Kingdom2—
Salford Refuse Treatment Plant (AD)BiomassUnited Kingdom2—
South Manchester Resource Recovery Centre (AD)BiomassUnited Kingdom2—
WootonWasteUnited Kingdom2—
Walpole Landfill AD (Waste AD)BiomassUnited Kingdom2—
Squabb WoodWasteUnited Kingdom1—

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Viridor operate?

Viridor operates 17 power plants across 1 country, with about 134 MW of total capacity.

What is Viridor's largest power plant?

Trident Park in United Kingdom is its largest at about 30 MW.

What types of power plants does Viridor run?

Its fleet includes waste (11), biomass (5), solar (1).

How much CO₂ do Viridor's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 328,663 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.