Power Generation
The construction of modern landfill sites allows for the safe control and collection of landfill gas. At NEWS' landfill sites at Costessey and Mayton Wood, both of which are now full and capped, up to five megawatts of renewable energy is produced at specially constructed power generation plants. Such plants also produce electricity at NEWS' other sites at Beetley, Snetterton and Edgefield.
These plants convert naturally produced landfill gas containing methane into electricity, which is fed back into the National Grid. Landfill gas is created by the decomposition of organic material contained within landfill sites.
