Landfill gas control and utilisation facility
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Landfill gas control and utilisation facility
Image: © Mike Kirby Taken: 15 Oct 2011
Instead of flaring the gas produced at the Welbeck reclamation site, it is now collected and used to generate up to 8MW of ‘green’ electricity, which is fed into the national grid.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.696057
Longitude
-1.449739