January 29, 2007

Scotland to have first meat and bone meal power plant

A power plant in Scotland producing energy using meat and bone meal has been given the go-ahead.

The plant, to be built by energy company, Oran Group

will cost GBP 24 million (US$47.01 million) according to industry news.

It will be one of the first in Scotland to generate energy using meat and bone meal (MBM), which will be produced at the Oran Group's state-of-the-art rendering plant on the same site.

The renewable energy plant will use biomass materials including wood, dried sludge pellets, sludge cake, as well as MBM to generate energy.

The project would help Scotland reach its target of producing 18 percent of electricity by 2010 from renewable sources, said deputy first minister of Scotland Nicol Stephen.