Thames Water awards framework to up biogas production tenfold

Thames Water is planning to make a ten-fold increase in its biogas production through a framework contract awarded to Corona Energy Retail 4 for the export and sale of biomethane gas generated on key waste treatment sites.

The company said: “We are currently producing around 43MWh of biomethane per year but this is expected to increase up to 709 MWh by 2030 due to a planned programme of biogas upgrade plant installations.”

The contract will include optimising revenue and making informed decisions on green gas certificates in the emerging green gas market.

Corona Energy Retail 4 also won four-year contract for supply, metering and export of natural gas for the company, to include improving gas usage efficiency and optimising prices. Thames Water estimated it uses some 100GWh-worth of natural gas a year.