Report: Waste-to-energy could supply half of UK renewables by 2020

James S Murray
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Report predicts biomass and energy from waste technologies could supply over seven per cent of UK energy by the end of the decade

The UK could meet half its renewable energy target for 2020 through the use of energy from waste (EfW), landfill gas, anaerobic digestion and second generation biofuels, according to a major new report...

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