The biogas is used to run a 195kWe combined heat and power (CHP) unit which produces heat and electricity. A proportion of the electricity (15%) is needed to run the plant with excess sold to the national grid. A proportion of the heat (40%) is needed for the process and the excess is currently wasted but there are plans to install a local district heating scheme.

The digester is currently operating at 75% of its 5,000 tonnes per year capacity, and has been running on approximately 95% food waste and 5% grass cuttings since May 2007.

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