There is something very symbolic about the fact London's first commercial-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has been built on a former coal handling yard and certainly reflects the UK's changing energy market, which is moving away from fossil fuels and evolving to consume more and more clean energy. The new AD and composting facility is located at East London's Dagenham Dock in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The ￡21 million (?25.8 million) plant, which was built using technology created by German company UTS Biogas and officially opened on 23 April this year, has been developed to handle 49,000 tonnes a year of local food and green waste.
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