Amount awarded: £5,124,360
Led by: United Utilities
Partners: Severn Trent Water, Yorkshire Water, Anglian Water, Jacobs UK, Imperial College London, Cranfield University
Anaerobic digestion is a proven technology to stabilise solids produced during wastewater treatment. Next-Gen Digestion will enable water companies to generate additional biogas from these digestion processes. Biogas is converted into energy which can be used to power treatment processes, so this widely applicable innovation could significantly reduce operational costs.
“We are very happy to be leading this new innovation project and see this as a significant opportunity to increase cross sector biogas generation. The potential benefits of the Next-Gen Digestion solution could reduce the industry’s costs to serve for our customers whilst also contributing to our carbon reduction targets.”
Tom Lissett, Bioresources and Green Energy Director, United Utilities
Image caption: UU Manchester Bioresources Centre processes biosolids from across the NW.
