UK plans food waste-to-energy plant
One island’s food waste is being put to a greener use.
One of the UK’s largest anaerobic digestion facilities and will generate 32,000 MW of energy a year by treating 165,000 tonnes of commercial food waste.
The £20 million (€23.2 million) Whites Renewable Energy plant is to be built in Selby, Yorkshire, after North Yorkshire county council granted planning permission for the scheme.
The company is planning to develop and manage the park on the eight acre site of a former Tate & Lyle citric acid plant in the south of the town.
Construction is expected to start in September 2009, with the plant due to become operational in 2010.
One of the UK’s largest anaerobic digestion facilities and will generate 32,000 MW of energy a year by treating 165,000 tonnes of commercial food waste.
The £20 million (€23.2 million) Whites Renewable Energy plant is to be built in Selby, Yorkshire, after North Yorkshire county council granted planning permission for the scheme.
The company is planning to develop and manage the park on the eight acre site of a former Tate & Lyle citric acid plant in the south of the town.
Construction is expected to start in September 2009, with the plant due to become operational in 2010.
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