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New oil burning power station going online in London?
« on: April 08, 2013, 11:41:59 AM »
Anyone know anything about this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22062122

Edit: Found this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/07/london-cooking-waste-power-station

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Thames Water has also committed to provide at least half of the fuel the generator requires to run - in the form of 30 tonnes a day of fat, oil and grease - enough to fill a six metre-long shipping container - that would otherwise clog up London's sewers.

Leftover, low-grade cooking oil and food fat will be collected from food outlets and manufacturers.

Solidified grease, such as from lamb and chicken, will be harvested from 'fat traps' in restaurant kitchens and from pinch-points around the capital's sewer network.

The rest of the power plant's fuel will come from waste vegetable oils and tallow (animal fat).
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Re: New oil burning power station going online in London?
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2013, 07:33:27 PM »
Bit ominous if you live in london. But then, 30 tonnes of sewer fat. and 30 tonnes of WVO, which they say is its daily requirement, doesn't sound that big a plant.

Someone said JamesRL is building a turk burner with a 25ft burn pot, and the fan blades off a jet engine as a blower. :P
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