Competition: Innovation in Water Challenge
Amount awarded: £225,000
Led by: Northumbrian Water
Partners: Anglian Water Services Ltd, Cranfield University, Organics Group, Warwick University, and Wood Group UK Ltd.
Project completed: December 2023
Water cycle tag: Bioresources, resource recovery and circularity
The Organics Ammonia Recovery project will convert ammonia recovered from wastewater and generate green hydrogen fuel. Traditional wastewater treatments are energy-intensive and only produce nitrogen which, though harmless, wastes the intrinsic value in ammonia. The project’s novel approach will contribute to the government’s green gas and renewable fuel agenda, accelerate the water industry’s journey to net carbon zero, improve the ecological status of rivers and test whether waste can not only be treated but also recovered to add value.
The pilot plant, at Howden, Newcastle, is under construction and is to be installed in the next twelve months. A well-rounded consortium of partners has been assembled to implement the project, bringing together experts from the renewable energy and environmental engineering sectors, engaging with the academic community for additional specialist expertise.
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