Fatbergs: Burning fat and oil to generate London power
8 April 2013 Last updated at 04:54 ET Help
Fat, oil and build-ups in drains will soon be powering what will be the world's biggest fat-fuelled power station in Britain, and it will tackle the ongoing problem of "fatbergs" in sewers
The grease will be fed into the power station at Beckton in east London, and is set to produce 130 Gigawatt hours (GWh) a year of renewable electricity - enough to run 39,000 average-sized homes, according to Thames Water.
The water company has agreed to buy 75 GWh of this output to run Beckton sewage works, which serves 3.5 million people, and the nearby desalination plant, operated in times of drought or other emergencies.
Bob Smith, Thames Water's technical coordinator, explained it was a "win win situation".
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