The control panels for the biogas boilers at Daveyhulme wastewater treatment plant in Manchester UK


The control panels for the biogas boilers at Daveyhulme wastewater treatment plant in Manchester UK United Utilities Daveyhulme plant process s all of Manchester sewage and deals with 714 million litres a day The sewage sludge from the plant is put in huge biodigesters which produce biogas from the human waste This biogas is 70 methane a potent greenhouse gas that is more than 20 times efficient as a greenhouse gas than C02 The biogas is burnt on site in a heat and pwer plant preventing its release into the atmosphere The plant generates around 7 megawatt of electricity per day from the renewable biogas


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