Fat from oil used in chip manufacturing to generate electricity for PwC

That chip bag you currently have stuck your hand in took a few precious drops of oil to fry. The oil used in chip manufacture is usually drained away and wasted. PwC however, will now use the fat from the oil used to make chips to generate electricity for its headquarters based in Southbank, London. The firm has inked a deal for a supply of 45,000 liters of cooking oil per month from city centre restaurants which will then be recycled and used to generate energy at the tri-generation facility on-site at More London, producing sufficient energy to meet 25%of the building’s electricity needs and 20%of heating and cooling demand at the same time.

The building boasts a BREEAM Outstanding rating, and will now have almost 50% of its energy sourced from low or zero-carbon emitting sources. A great initiative indeed to generate energy from an otherwise-drained-away source, we hope this works as a green example for those around.
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