Self-powered sewage plant completed

The conclusion of a £34 million project to create Yorkshire’s first self-powered sewage plant will be marked with an opening today.

Yorkshire Water’s Esholt site in Bradford is the company’s first entirely sewage-powered site thanks to one of the UK’s only operational BioThelys Sludge Treatment Plants.

Cutting edge technology creates enough renewable energy to power the 750-acre site by generating biogas from the 30,000 tonnes of sludge that comes through it each year.

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The fuel can provide heat and power for the large site, reducing Yorkshire Water’s carbon footprint by 9,000 tonnes and saving £1.3 million a year in energy costs – helping keep customer’s bills down, says the company. The process also creates fertiliser which can be used in agriculture.