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Plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant that converts waste potatoes into electricity have been given the go ahead as part of a £1.4m investment in green technology.

Plans to build in Lincolnshire an anaerobic digestion plant that converts waste potatoes into electricity have been given the go ahead as part of a £1.4m investment into green technology.

Branston, a supplier of potatoes to Tesco, will use the plant alongside a waste-water management system that it claims will save it 40 per cent on electricity and 60 per cent on water, as well as taking one HGV load of waste off the road each day.

The Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), which is funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the European Union, has awarded a grant of £568,000 for the construction of the plant, which is due to begin next month.

Once complete, the anaerobic digestion plant is expected to produce 300kW of electricity.

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