Emerald Biogas switches on GBP-8m waste-to-energy plant in England

Oct 29, 2013 - UK firm Emerald Biogas said on Monday it had put on stream a food waste-to-energy plant in northeastern England that required investments of about GBP 8 million (USD 13m/EUR 9m).

The anaerobic digestion (AD) combined heat and power (CHP) system is situated in the UK’s County Durham. Austrian firm Entec Biogas GmBH was in charge of the building works, with financing for the project received through the Rural Development Programme for England, which is jointly funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the European Union (EU).

The CHP facility is expected to produce enough electricity to supply 2,000 households per year by processing food waste, card, plastics and other waste products from supermarkets, fast food chains, businesses and schools. The first phase of the system will process 50,000 tonnes of the food waste in the region. In addition, the installation will produce a digestate to be used as an alternative to chemical fertilisers.

Emerald Biogas has already received planning consent to boost the plant’s capacity to four times the current size, it said.

(GBP 1.0 = USD 1.616/EUR 1.171)

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