Thursday, November 22, 2012

Prince Charles flicks switch on UK's 'first' biogas to grid plant

BusinessGreen: The country's "first" commercial-scale biomethane plant connected directly to the grid was opened by The Prince of Wales yesterday. The 5MW anaerobic digestor should be capable of supplying renewable gas to 56,000 new-build homes when at maximum capacity in the summer with output falling by around 4,000 homes in the winter. The plant, which has been generating electricity for 500 homes since April sits on Duchy of Cornwall land just outside Poundbury, the urban extension to the Dorset county...

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