Plans lodged for plant to turn waste fruit into gas

A FRUIT factory in Wisbech has set out plans to build a new anaerobic digestion plant to use old fruit to create gas for the national grid.

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The owners of the Del Monte food processing plant off Weasenham Lane have submitted an application to Fenland District Council asking for permission to build the new plant.

The company said the facility would produce biomethane that could be injected directly into the National Gas Grid, and CO2 to be used in the food and drinks industry.

The new plant is proposed to be built on an undeveloped part of the factory site.

It would include various plant equipment and buildings needed for the anaerobic digestion process, including a digester, that would be a concrete tank measuring 100.9m by 26m and covered by a 6m dome.