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Sainsbury’s uses AD gas to power UK stores

May 10, 2016
by Stephen Kimbell
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Sainsbury’s is powering a number of its UK stores with energy generated from anaerobic digestion (AD) through a partnership with food waste processor ReFood.

According to the supermarket chain, the equivalent to 10% of its national gas consumption is now generated via the partnership with the food waste processor having already supplied stores with almost 50 million KWh of biomethane gas.

Several of Sainsbury’s stores across the UK will be powered by energy from AD, the retail giant claims

Food waste is collected from Sainsbury’s Sherburn-in-Elmet and Haydock depots before being converted into gas, heat and fertiliser at one of ReFood’s two operating AD facilities in Doncaster and Widnes. The gas created is then exported by the food waste recycler to the national gas grid.

Read the complete article published by letsrecycle.com, 5 May 2016

About the Author
Stephen Kimbell is a specialist in business strategy and deal doing. He is an investor, an entrepreneur and an experienced non-executive director. During his many years in the corporate finance world, as a lawyer, a company director and as an academic, Stephen has helped numerous companies achieve success.
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