What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| geospatial/movement | Regulators' permitted-site registries, planning bodies, commercial facility databases and GIS providers | per facility point location with capacity and technology attributes | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Environmental regulators (IED/industrial emissions permits), planning authorities, renewable energy scheme registries (ROC, REGO, RIN/ISCC) | per installation permit, per licence condition, per accreditation | public |
| employment & workforce | Operators' HR systems, national statistical offices (SBS by NACE class), sector associations | headcount per site; sectoral annual aggregates by NACE class and region | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Local planning consultation portals, campaign groups, local news and social media monitoring vendors | per planning application consultation response; per article/post | public |
| financial filings | Plant-owning SPVs and parent groups (Veolia, SUEZ, Covanta/Reworld, EEW, Viridor), company registries, project finance lenders and bond… | annual statutory accounts per entity; quarterly for listed parents… | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Health and safety regulators (HSE, OSHA), environment agencies (permit breach and pollution incident logs), fire services, insurers | per reported incident/notice; annual per-site breach counts | public |
| waste & emissions | WtE plant operators, national environment agencies (e.g. EA in UK, EPA/TRI in US, E-PRTR in EU), continuous emissions monitoring vendors | per stack per pollutant, continuous CEMS readings aggregated to… | public |
| production output | Incineration/anaerobic digestion/landfill-gas plant operators, grid operators and TSOs, national energy statistics offices, renewable… | MWh electricity exported and heat delivered, half-hourly metered per plant… | public |
| pricing | Plant operators and waste authorities (gate fees), consultancies and market intelligence firms (Argus, ICIS, Tolvik, Eunomia), power… | gate fee £/€ per tonne per contract or regional average; wholesale power price… | purchasable |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Plant operators, waste authorities monitoring contracted tonnage, national capacity trackers (e.g. Tolvik, CEWEP) | annual/monthly capacity utilisation and availability rate per plant | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Plant operators, utility offtakers, district heating companies, PPA counterparties | per settlement period metered export; per invoice/contract for waste acceptance… | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Plant operators, municipal waste authorities holding feedstock contracts, waste brokers, RDF/SRF traders | tonnes of feedstock received per weighbridge ticket, per delivery, aggregated… | partnership |
| energy consumption | Plant operators, grid metering agents, energy statistics offices | parasitic/imported electricity and auxiliary fuel per half-hour per site… | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Waste haulage contractors, plant weighbridge systems, regulators via waste transfer/shipment notes (TFS notifications for cross-border RDF) | per truck movement/shipment, weighbridge ticket; annual aggregated… | partnership |
| weather-dependent metrics | District heating operators, plant operators, national met services | daily heat demand vs degree-days per network/site | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Operators, accredited laboratories, regulators receiving compliance reports | per feedstock sample (calorific value, moisture, chlorine), per ash/APCr… | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Plant operators, DCS/SCADA vendors (Siemens, Valmet, ABB), CEMS suppliers | per sensor per second/minute — furnace temperature, steam flow, boiler… | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Operators' CMMS systems, boiler OEMs and service contractors, insurers/engineering inspectors | per work order, per outage campaign, per component (boiler tube thickness… | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.