The order for the plant for in Bonby, North Lincolnshire marks Xergi’s 10th biogas plant in the UK, strengthening Xergi’s position as a leading supplier of biogas plants on the British market. The 75,000 tonnes of food waste will be converted into 7 million cubic metres of biomethane annually. Biomethane is biogas that has been cleaned of CO2 to make it the same quality as natural gas. The biomass that is left after biogas production is a valuable fertiliser, which will be used on agricultural land in the area.
“The project for Brigg Lane Biogas is our 10th delivery in the UK” said Xergi CEO Jørgen Ballermann. “Once the plant has been built, we will have supplied a total biogas capacity equivalent to 26 MWe in the UK, a figure that we are extremely proud of.”
Brigg Lane Biogas will be located on the same site as Bio Waste Solutions, a company that already pre-treats food waste for biogas plants in other parts of the UK. The food waste will soon be taken by the new biogas plant instead, thereby minimising transport. The biogas plant will also be able to take waste from other suppliers and contributes to fulfilling the British government’s goal of increasing the amount of CO2-neutral biomethane in the gas grid.
The aim is for the first gas to be supplied to the gas grid in spring 2017. This is an extremely tight schedule for a biogas project of this size, which is why the excavators have started work so soon in Bonby.
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