Energy from Waste & Offtake
EfW plant offtake agreements, landfill gas contracts, heat offtake from waste facilities, PPAs with waste partners. 127 UK councils have discussed energy from waste & offtake in monitored meetings — track who, where and how the conversation is moving.
What councils are saying about energy from waste & offtake
Energy from Waste & Offtake is one of the procurement themes QuorumInsight tracks across UK local government, detected in 326 meeting mentions spanning 127 councils. Every mention comes from an analysed council meeting — a cabinet decision, a committee discussion or a budget report — so this is a picture of what councils are actually planning and debating, not a directory of published tenders.
Discussion has been rising quarter-on-quarter: there were 19 mentions in the last three months, against 16 in the three months before. For suppliers, that matters because activity in a council meeting typically precedes any formal procurement by months. Reading it early is the difference between shaping a requirement and responding to one. Energy from Waste & Offtake sits within the broader utilities & energy category.
Mentions over the last 12 months
Monthly energy from waste & offtake mentions across all monitored UK councils, by meeting date. The current month is excluded while it is still in progress.
Most active councils
Lincolnshire County Council in East Midlands is the most active authority on energy from waste & offtake, with 26 mentions across 26 monitored meetings — around 8% of all energy from waste & offtake discussion QuorumInsight has tracked. The council returned to the subject as recently as its “Coastal, Water & Waste” meeting on 31 Jul 2026.
Suffolk County Council (16 mentions) and Cambridgeshire County Council (14) are also notably active. The full list of leading councils is below — each links to its live intelligence profile.
| Council | Region | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Lincolnshire County Council | East Midlands | 26 |
| Suffolk County Council | East of England | 16 |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | East of England | 14 |
| Wiltshire Council | South West | 11 |
| Leeds City Council | Yorkshire and the Humber | 10 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council | East of England | 10 |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | Wales | 9 |
| Fermanagh and Omagh District Council | Northern Ireland | 7 |
| Flintshire County Council | Wales | 6 |
| Dorset Council | South West | 6 |
| Wokingham Borough Council | South East | 6 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | South West | 6 |
In councils’ own words
Recent meetings where energy from waste & offtake came up, with the relevant passage from the discussion. Each meeting links to the council’s intelligence profile.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority · Devolution & Investment · 24 Sept 2026
““I've been waiting 25 years for the, to try and get a heat network from the Huddersfield energy from waste plant””
Wealden District Council · Greenway, Water & Planning · 21 Sept 2026
““spills””
Leicestershire County Council · AD Plant Refusal Debate · 14 Sept 2026
“"The facility would generate up to 7 megawws of biomethane annually, which would be exported to the local gas transmission system via pipeline"”
Camden London Borough Council · North London Waste Project · 10 Sept 2026
“North London Heat and Power project”
Dorset Council · Budget Pressures & Pipeline · 8 Sept 2026
“flood defenses in Lyme Regis”
Hounslow London Borough Council · Planning and Housing Decisions · 3 Sept 2026
“a heat network, if that could be added to the minutes”
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