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“ When BioteCH 4 was founded in 2009 , we operated a food production business that was looking for more sustainable power options . To that end , we built an anaerobic digestion facility to use our food waste to power operations and offer the same services to other local companies . In late 2011 , we began generating local renewable energy , marking the inception of
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,” he opens . This turning point was the company ’ s first step towards the tremendous success it is currently experiencing . Lee lays out the phases of expansion of BioteCH 4 over time . “ Since then , we have sold the food production business and transformed into the renewable energy business we are today , using food waste to generate energy . Over the next few years , we built six more facilities , bringing our current total to seven across the UK . Of these facilities , five are anaerobic digestion plants while the other two serve as processing facilities . I believe that we process more food waste than any other business in the country . Last year , we processed over 600,000 tons of food waste , generating about 283,000 megawatt hours ( MWh ) of energy , which is enough to power more than 30,000 homes .
“ In addition to our core power generation activities , we operate a manufacturing business called STORTEC , which is designed to build infrastructure on our sites as well as providing us with an inhouse ability to build tanks across our sites , as and when needed . STORTEC also carries out significant work in the water industry , specializing in tanks , and possesses a patent on a biodome that holds gas . On the side of that , we own a commodities broker that trades fats , oils , and greases , and we upgrade used cooking oil to a higher value so that we can sell it into the biodiesel and biofuels markets ,” he elaborates .
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