FCC Environment rolls out microgeneration across UK sites

FCC Environment, one of the UK’s largest recycling and waste management companies, is set to roll out microgeneration at nine of its landfill sites across the UK.

The move follows a pilot scheme at its Deerplay landfill site on the outskirts of Burnley, Lancashire. Overall, the initiative will allow an additional 7,329 MWh of renewable energy to be fed back into the grid, enough to power over 2,360 homes.

Typically, power generation from landfill gas ceases when there is insufficient residual gas to operate the smallest 330KW engines resulting in the gas being flared. However, under the current Renewable Obligation subsidy, installations can continue to be operated below this threshold and these microgeneration projects operate down to between 65KW to 105KW – providing a more efficient and environmentally-friendly outcome through avoided emissions.

FCC Environment’s Shaun Trigg, Senior Environment Manager, commented: “We started our microgeneration trial at our Deerplay landfill site all the way back in 2014. Since then, we’ve been optimising the technology and proving that it works in a landfill setting. At FCC Environment we’re continually looking at ways to reduce our impact on the planet and reduce our carbon emissions”. 

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