Preston-based vegetable processor Fylde Fresh and Fabulous has been voted as the world’s best biogas operator at the recent World Biogas Association Awards held in Birmingham, winning the award for Best Biogas Plant: Below 1mWe.
The company, which grows over 1,000 acres of potatoes and operates two vegetable processing sites in Leeds and Preston, uses the peelings to feed its biogas plant. From here, 800Ke/h of electric and heat are produced – sufficient to power the Preston site and around 600 homes.
Simon Leaver, chief executive at Fylde Fresh and Fabulous, commented: “Operating at 98% efficiency, we knew we had one of the best plants in the UK in our category, but to be recognised as the best in the world is very special.”
Beating off competitors from India and Brazil, Simon added: “We have a very dedicated team who live by a real attention to detail culture, so it’s fantastic that their efforts have been recognised on a world stage.”
Fylde Fresh and Fabulous has plans in place to construct a second biogas plant at its Preston site which should be in operation for 2026.
