Utilize waste cooking oil to produce electricity

Two companies in the UK will turn the idea of ​​using fat to produce electricity into reality.

2OC and Thames Water, two UK companies, have signed a £ 200 million contract to turn fat wastes that clog London City sewers into electricity to supply wastewater treatment plants. and households. The contract has a term of 20 years, Guardian reports.

Thames Water is a water supply company, while 2OC specializes in producing electricity from environmentally friendly technologies.

Animal fat, vegetable oil that households and restaurants produce
Every day will become raw materials for electricity production. (Photo: Guardian)

The contract includes building a 70 million factory in Beckton, east London. A subsidiary of the iCon Infrastructure Group will fund the construction of this plant. As planned, the plant will start operating in early 2015.

Under the agreement, Thames Water agreed to buy 75GWh of electricity from 2OC to operate the Beckton wastewater treatment plant (a project serving 3.5 million people) and a nearby desalination plant during droughts and schools. other emergency. In addition, 2OC electricity will also be connected to the national grid.

Pier Clark, commercial director of Thames Water, said: 'This project creates renewable energy, helping us to avoid price fluctuations of non-renewable energy and eliminating fat waste. in the sewers ".

Many companies consider this a 'win-win' project . The project will contribute to reducing public spending because the government has to spend a million pounds a month to clean up the sewers - where fat waste causes 40,000 thousand congestion every year. 30 tons of leftovers from restaurants, food companies, and households each day provide half of the fuel needed for the operation of the power station. Half of the remaining fuel is vegetable oil and animal fat.