The plant can process up to 75,000 tonnes of organic waste annually and produce 2.2MW of renewable electricity from the biogas produced, enough to power approximately 5,500 homes.
The fully operational facility is one of the most technologically advanced in the UK and has a major role to play in meeting Scotland’s renewable energy production and waste recycling targets.
The Barkip waste-to-energy plant takes in food waste and other organic matter from industries such as agriculture, food production, food retail and alcohol production. The waste is then broken down by bacteria to produce biogas. The methane rich biogas is combusted in gas engines to generate electricity. The residual material forms a nutrient rich digestate, a liquid suitable for use as a fertiliser ....
SSE fires up new anaerobic digestion plant at Barkip, Scotland
