Harnessing the power of poo… no really! 💩
Imagine turning your waste into warmth. Well, that’s exactly what we’re doing. From sewer to superhero, we’ll be heating homes – and businesses – with waste as part of a groundbreaking new project.
Imagine turning your waste into warmth. Well, that’s exactly what we’re doing. From sewer to superhero, we’ll be heating homes – and businesses – with waste as part of a groundbreaking project in partnership with Severn Trent Water and Horiba MIRA.
Having secured government funding from the Ofwat Innovation Fund, we’ll be developing a system alongside Horiba-MIRA to capture waste heat from sewers and use it to heat homes and businesses – supporting our customers in keeping their bills low, reducing carbon generation, and itching ever closer to achieving the UK’s net zero targets.
And the potential is huge… UK water companies treat approximately 11 billion litres of wastewater every day, which could offer around 400 TWh of renewable heat – that’s enough to heat 33 million homes in the future!
To read the full article from eonenergy.com, click here.
