SUEZ has begun construction on a £35 million anaerobic digestion facility in Northumberland, UK. The plant will process up to 50,000 tonnes of food waste each year, turning it into biogas that can either be cleaned and fed into the local gas network or used to generate electricity for the grid. The facility will also produce nutrient-rich fertilizer as a byproduct. Once operational in autumn 2027, the biogas output is expected to be enough to power around 5,500 homes. The project supports the UK government's goal to stop sending food waste to landfill by 2030. Construction contractor O'Brien Moran will lead the build, which includes using about 115 tonnes of biochar in ground stabilization to reduce the embodied carbon from cement. The facility itself will be powered by the existing on-site landfill gas generation. This is a concrete example of waste-to-energy infrastructure that directly displaces fossil gas and cuts methane emissions from landfills.
