Veolia to Manage Anaerobic Digestion Plant for Rose Hill Recycling in Gloucestershire : 520kW Food Waste Recycling Facility in Cotswolds adds to Veolia’s Renewable Energy Portfolio

French environmental services firm, Veolia, has secured a food waste contract to design and manage a 520kWe biogas fired Combined Heat & Power (CHP) anaerobic digestion plant for Rose Hill Recycling in Gloucestershire.

The plant recycles mixed food waste collected from across the Cotswolds and is expected to save around 1750 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year and make the site energy self-sufficient generating 4.56 GWh of renewable energy per year.

Based in Dymock, Rose Hill Recycling is a composting and recycling facility which processes 35,000 tonnes of food and farm waste per annum.

The site’s anaerobic digestion facility will use the heat from the CHP to help turn the food-waste, animal waste and energy crops into biogas. This is then fed back to the cogeneration unit to provide renewable electricity and heat forming a closed loop energy solution, taking the power demand off the local Grid, and contribute to the Government’s target for 20% of the UK’s power to come from renewables by 2020.

Veolia said that the plant will add to its existing 40 MWe UK biogas electricity generating capacity.

Gavin Graveson, Veolia’s COO Public and Commercial commented:

“Reducing food waste is very important, but our unavoidable and inedible food waste still has a value as a resource. Current estimates show that if all the UK's inedible domestic food waste was processed by AD, it could generate enough electricity for 350,000 households.

“By effectively optimising all the opportunities for biogas CHP we will ensure we can capture this valuable resource and contribute even more to the circular economy. This latest project effectively moves nearer this goal and has already saved over 1300 tonnes of emissions.”

Mark Bennion, Owner and Director of Rosehill Recycling added: "Food waste sent to landfill gives off methane which is around 20 times more harmful to the environment than CO2. By using these scraps and peelings as a renewable energy resource, rather than sending it to landfill, we can help reduce carbon emissions and save local taxpayers money by recycling. It’s a win-win solution that will help to protect our environment."

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