Energy from Waste & Offtake
EfW plant offtake agreements, landfill gas contracts, heat offtake from waste facilities, PPAs with waste partners. 90 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 262 meeting mentions spanning 90 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 cooled quarter-on-quarter: there were 8 mentions in the last three months, against 18 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 25 mentions across 25 monitored meetings — around 10% of all energy from waste & offtake discussion QuorumInsight has tracked. The council returned to the subject as recently as its “AD & Grid Plans” meeting on 11 May 2026.
Suffolk County Council (15 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 | 25 |
| Suffolk County Council | East of England | 15 |
| 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 |
| Wokingham Borough Council | South East | 6 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | South West | 6 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | Scotland | 5 |
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.
Dublin City Council or similar (Dublin is in Ireland, not UK) · Climate, Transport & EVs · 15 Jun 2026
“the energy generated, I think has been used by the actual incinerator”
Swindon Borough Council · Greener Swindon Plan · 11 Jun 2026
“Energy from Waste & Offtake: EfW plant offtake agreements, landfill gas contracts, heat offtake from waste facilities, PPAs with waste partners.”
Stroud District Council · Housing Delivery and Repairs · 9 Jun 2026
“"warm home"”
Surrey County Council · Water Upgrade Plan · 27 May 2026
“a further 36 percent was sent out of facilities such as energy from waste and anaerobic digestion”
West Berkshire Council · Masterplan & Pitches · 21 May 2026
“biogas and of course the food collection that the council does and what we could do to perhaps harness that biogas element if it's created.”
Lincolnshire County Council · AD & Grid Plans · 11 May 2026
“The proposed development comprises an anorobic digestion facility and digestate processing plant.”
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