ENER-G strikes Scottish waste deal

GREEN power specialist ENER-G group has sold a combined heat and power (CHP) system to Fife Council which will be used to power Dunfermline with food and garden waste.

The plant, which will begin power generation later this year, will convert methane produced from up to 40,000 tonnes of local food and garden waste at a landfill site into up to 1.4MW of renewable electricity and heat.

The heat will supply the council’s existing district heating system and has the potential to meet all of the heating needs of a local hospital.

The biogas generation system will be financed, developed, installed and operated by ENER-G and the council will recover Feed in Tariff (FiT) payments on the export of electricity to the local network over the 25-year contract period.

Scott Tamplin, director of anaerobic digestion for ENER-G, said: “The anaerobic digestion project will utilise a MTU engine, which is highly efficient at 42%, and can provide excellent electricity yields and renewable heat output. We are proud to partner once again with such a forward looking council as Fife and to contribute to their sustainable waste strategy.”