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| 29TH JUNE - 5TH JULY 2018 | UTILITY WEEK
Operations & Assets
High viz
If you've driven into Leeds on the M1
or A63 lately, you may have seen this
large, golf-ball-like object. Yorkshire
Water is not trying to create a mini
Epcot (that's a Florida theme park
with a similar looking structure, for
those not in the know), but is instead
building a gas bag. It is part of the
company's £72 million construction of
the new Knostrop Sludge Treatment
Facility, which is due to be completed
in 2020.
Methane produced from sludge
treatment will be stored in the bag,
with up to 3,700 cubic metres of gas
stored at any one time. This gas will
then be turned into electricity to help
power the plant. The facility will
begin processing in August, and once
fully operational later this year will
Poo power drives
green ambitions
