Teesside WTE Power Station

Teesside Energy-from-Waste plant
Teesside EfW plant Viewed from the east in June 2009
Location of Teesside Energy-from-Waste plant in County Durham
Country	England
Location	Billingham
Coordinates	54°35′45″N 1°15′30″W / 54.59583°N 1.25833°W / 54.59583; -1.25833Coordinates: 54°35′45″N 1°15′30″W / 54.59583°N 1.25833°W / 54.59583; -1.25833
Status	Operational
Commission date	May 1998
Operator(s)	SITA UK (1998-present)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Municipal waste
Secondary fuel	Non-hazardous and commercial waste
Power generation
Units operational	One 19.2 MW Ansaldo One 10 MW Von Roll
Nameplate capacity	29.2 MW
Website SITA UK

Teesside Energy from Waste plant (also known as Teesside WTE power station or Haverton Hill incinerator) is a municipal waste incinerator and waste-to-energy power station, which provides 29.2 megawatts (MW) of electricity for the National Grid by burning 390,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste a year. It is located on the River Tees at Haverton Hill, east of Billingham in North East England. Operated by SITA UK since its conception, the plant replaced the Portrack Incinerator and opened in 1998.

The station is one of the most modern incinerators operating in England; it is noted for its innovative operation. In 2009, an extension was completed at the station, with the construction of an extra furnace line and a rail head. This increased the capacities of the plant from 19.2 MW and 250,000 tonnes of waste per year to its current levels. The plant initially burned only waste from Teesside, but this was extended to include Northumberland with the 2009 extension. A second plant, the North East Energy Recovery Centre (NEERC), has planning permission to be built on land adjacent to the current plant. If built, this will extend the plant's catchment to include waste from south Tyne and Wear.

Between 1975 and 1996, the Portrack Incinerator on the River Tees burned 200,000 tonnes of Teesside's waste every year, generating 20 megawatts of electricity in doing so. In November 1996, the plant was closed down after it failed to meet emission regulations; it was then demolished in stages between 1998 and 2000. Following the closure of the Portrack plant, a new facility to burn Teesside's refuse was constructed. Teesside Energy from Waste plant was opened in May 1998 as a collaboration between SITA UK (the station's operator) and the local authorities of , Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and Redcar & Cleveland.