Turkey firm unveils biogas plant project
UK turkey farmer and supplier Bernard Matthews is to install a biogas plant to ‘improve the company’s waste handling and energy costs’.
Xergi is to supply Holton Renewable Power – a joint venture between Bernard Matthews and Glendale Power, a development company specialising in anaerobic digestion – with a biogas plant.
The plant will be located close to Bernard Matthews’ current processing site in Suffolk, with the biogas being generated solely from waste matter from the production plant.
“The biogas plant converts the processing waste into an energy resource,” explains Jørgen Fink, Xergi sales manager. “Digesting the waste will also allow the company to handle its own material.
So far, the company has delivered its waste to an external service contractor for processing, but with the biogas plant the business will be able to manage everything on site and will save over 1,000 lorry journeys per annum.
“The biogas will be used for the production of electricity and heating – supplying 16 per cent of the company’s energy needs,” adds Fink. “It will also lead to a C02 reduction of 2,800 tonnes.”
