Biogen starts work on third food waste to energy plant in Wales

A previous AD plant that Biogen designed and built for Harper Adams University A partnership between three councils in Wales and Biogen has seen work commence to build an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to treat 22,500 tonnes per annum of food waste and generate potentially 1 megawatt (MW) of energy. Part of a programme called the Tomorrow's Valley Hub, it’s led by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and includes Merthyr Tydfil and Newport City Councils. Preparatory work at the site has begun this month and construction work is set to start in January 2014. Biogen has carried out the design and will implement the new process and this will the company's third AD facility in Wales. Estimates suggest that based on current food waste recycling rates across the three councils involved, the plant could result in one megawatt of green electricity being generated, powering an additional 1,500 homes. One million tonnes of waste is already being used to generate 1.8 MW of electricity at the council’s Bryn Pica site in Llwydcoed, Aberdare. The electricity, which is being fed into the national grid, provides energy to power all the households in Llwydcoed, Church Village and Tonypandy. ### Read more Biogen to build 45,00 TPA food waste to biogas plant in Hertfordshire Bedfordshire based Anaerobic digestion specialist, BIOGEN is to build a biogas facility which will treat 45,000 tonnes of food waste per year in Hertfordshire… Biogen breaks ground on food waste to biogas plant in Wales Bedfordshire, UK based food waste to biogas specialist, BIOGEN has begun construction of its 11,000 tonne per year GwyriAD anaerobic digestion facility - its first in Wales… Green light for 11,000 tpa food waste to biogas plant in Wales Bedforshire based biogas specialist, BiogenGreenfinch has been granted planning permission to build and operate a new anaerobic digestion plant at Llwyn Isaf, Caernarfon by Gwynedd Council…