Yorkshire Water gets green light for £72m AD plant

Madeleine Cuff
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State-of-the-art anaerobic digestion and water treatment facility will generate clean power from waste water sludge

Yorkshire Water has been awarded planning permission for a new anaerobic digestion facility that promises to slash the utility's carbon emissions by 15 per cent from 2019 onwards. The £72m sludge treatment...

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