The German company WELtec BioPower GmbH will complete a 1 MW biogas plant with integrated unpacking and separation system and shredder for the British company Fernbrook Bio before the end of 2010.
The new plant, which belongs to the Rothwell Lodge Farm in the East Midlands, will convert 30,000 t of biowaste and manure of the farm‘s cattle herd into electricity. The substrate of close-by farms (pig manure, flotate fat) will be fed into the two fermenters of 106,000 cu ft each in order to supply about 2,000 homes with power and heat. Two tanks of 120,000 cu ft each serve as digestate storage units. A hygienisation unit heats the digestate to 70°C in order to make it fit for use as fertiliser.
The last three plant orders that WELtec received from Wales, England, and Scotland use industrial food waste as substrate.
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