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Daldowie Sludge Processing Plant
The Daldowie Fuel Plant, commissioned in 2002 and operated by ScottishPower subsidiary SMW Ltd, is one of the largest sludge drying centres in Europe. It processes sludge from hundreds of wastewater treatment plants in the West of Scotland into processed sludge pellets (PSP).
The dry, low-odour pellets produced at Daldowie are a type of biomass - biological material that is deemed to be a sustainable form of fuel. Every year SMW Ltd turns more than 2.3 million cubic metres of liquid sludge into 55,000 tonnes of PSP, which is burned to produce electricity.
At present, the fuel is co-fired with coal to produce electricity at Longannet Power Station in Fife. PSP has a similar calorific value to “brown coal” and its use conserves around 40,000 tonnes of coal annually.
Daldowie Fuel Plant is required to meet strict regulations on the emissions of gases and odours, as set out in a Pollution Prevention and Control permit granted and enforced by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
The plant operates an Environmental Management System that is certified to the international standard ISO 14001.
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