Electricity Plant Powered by Poultry Waste To Be Built
Posted on: January 23rd, 2008 by adminA Norfolk poultry firm is moving ahead with a scheme for a multi-million pound renewable energy plant fuelled entirely by chicken waste. The plant would be the first of its kind in the UK.
Planning authorities granted consent in 2005 for the Attleborough-based Banham Poultry to build its plant at its former processing site at Bunns Bank industrial estate on the edge of the town. This decision was made despite local concerns.
The power plant, which will cost between £7m and £10m, will use the latest technology to turn poultry waste into electricity for the national grid. The plant has the support of UEA’s CRed carbon reduction campaign and approval from the Environment Agency.
Banham Poultry director Robin Goram, said the UK meat industry is going through a period of decline, and it must develop the plant to ensure jobs for the company’s 750 employees.
“We have spent the time since the application was granted in investigating the best supplier for the equipment and the most viable way to build it, and are hopeful of starting the development in the very near future. There are a lot of things that are undecided at the moment, and we are looking at doing it possibly in conjunction with a third party,” Goram commented.
