The Energos system was retrofitted into a small conventional incinerator plant[4] and combust an estimated 30,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel per year.
Due to increased dioxin emission levels detected in March 2010 exceeding 8 times the legal limit,[6] operation was temporarily suspended spring 2010.
[8] In June 2011, the Isle of Wight council decided to make radical efforts to lessen its dependence on the gasification facility with reference to its history of limited reliability.
Operating plants achieve average annual NOx emissions of 25 – 30% of the EU limit using just process control and without the need for either Selective Non Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) or Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR), whilst at the same time achieving very low CO and TOC emissions.
[citation needed] The Isle of Wight plant was intended to debut a new furnace design for the Energos process aimed at increased combustion efficiency, dust removal and enabling less interruptions and downtime than the earlier design.