Mashed potato to power food factory
by Jessica Shankleman for BusinessGreen, part of the from on (#NXCZ)
2 Sisters Food Group unveils wide-ranging sustainability plan with targets to cut carbon emissions by 20% by 2018, reports BusinessGreen
The parent company of some of the UK's biggest food brands including Fox's Biscuits and Goodfella's pizzas is this week set to flick the switch on a new electricity generator that will be powered by waste mashed potato.
The new bio-refinery at 2 Sisters Food Group's Carlisle factory is expected to produce 3,500 megawatt hours (MWh) each year in electricity and the equivalent of 5,000MWh in steam to help power the factory. The anaerobic digestion plants will use potato waste from the factory's mashed potato and pie manufacturing lines as a feed stock.
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