Largest Solar PV array retrofitted to London building
Europe first for green gas production at dairy farm
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Largest Solar PV array retrofitted to London building
Bywaters , London ’ s largest undercover waste management company , has saved 361 tonnes of CO2 in just nine months following the installation of a 1000kW solar panel array on the roof of its main facility in Bow , East London . The amount of CO2 , which equates to the saving of 9,246 new trees , is already 40 tonnes more than was predicted for the full year . The 4000 solar panels , London ’ s largest Solar PV retrofit installed in February 2016 , have generated 700MWh , providing most of the power needed for Bywaters ’ large 650,000 tonnes per annum Materials Recovery Facility . On track to deliver a return on investment within six years , this renewable energy makes Bywaters nearly self-sufficient . With air quality an increasing concern in London - and considered by many to be one of the biggest health threats facing Londoners today - such a significant reduction in CO2 emissions is to be welcomed . Bywaters ’ solar installation underlines the company ’ s pioneering approach to the environment and to its role in helping to improve London ’ s air quality . The company , which works with customers to reduce their environmental impact , is on a mission to cut greenhouse gas emissions , reduce pressure on the earth ’ s primary resources and help build more sustainable supply chains for the future .
Europe first for green gas production at dairy farm
Maximising the benefits of renewable energy continues to be the focus for an increasingly diverse range of companies who have invested in the anaerobic digestion ( AD ) process and a new bio-energy plant at First Milk ’ s Aspatria creamery in the Lake District is a good example . The creamery in rural Cumbria produces award winning cheddar cheese under the Lake District brand and is Europe ’ s first dairy processing site to feed bio-methane ( up-graded biogas ) generated entirely from cheese process residues , to the gas grid . The on-site AD plant is funded and operated for First Milk by Lake District Biogas , which is a separate set by a Scottish project development company , Renewables Unlimited . They commissioned Clearfleau , one of the UK ’ s renewable energy market leaders , to design , build and operate this innovative bio-energy plant . Mixing is an essential part of the AD process and SYSTEM MIX Ltd who market the Rotamix Dual Zone Mixing System , have made an important contribution in supplying mixing equipment to numerous projects undertaken by Clearfleau . Early in 2015 Clearfleau undertook the initial upgrade of an existing anaerobic treatment plant at the Aspatria site , prior to starting the new anaerobic digestion plant . The on-site facility is treating the process residues from the cheese creamery and Clearfleau is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of the new bio-energy plant . Now that the system has been operating for around a year the objective of transforming the creamery operation by maximising the production of biogas has been achieved with some impressive results . The system is generating 5.35 Megawatt hours ( MWh ) of renewable energy of biogas , is treating 1,650m ³ per day of process effluent and whey of biogas , producing around 1,000 Nm ³ / hour of biogas , revenue for energy generated from FOTs and RHI of biogas .
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