Standard Gas to trial SG100 at Scottow Enterprise Park

Standard Gas Technologies, a UK firm that creates technology to remove carbon from non-recyclable waste, is preparing to move into its new testing site at Scottow Enterprise Park.

The move will allow the company to trial its newest technology, the SG100 plant, which it hopes will offer a sustainable alternative to landfill and produce clean energy.

The central advanced thermal conversion unit of the SG100 (Image: Standard Gas Technologies)

It works by heating the waste up “like a pressure cooker” until it separates into two substances: 90pc carbon char and a gas mixture which the environment agency has certified is “as clean as natural gas”.

Technical director Laurence Sharrock said: “We do not incinerate the waste and there is no incinerator included in the SG100. 

“That is the clear difference between our technology and incineration, enabling us to optimise energy and resource recovery from society’s discarded products that are currently buried in landfills or burnt in incinerators.”  

Standard Gas technical director Laurence Sharrock (Image: Standard Gas Technologies)

Just one SG100 plant is capable of processing 48,0000 tonnes of material, generating enough energy to power 10,000 homes.

During the trial, which is set to take around a month, the firm will test if the technology is working correctly and iron out any kinks.

While the final location for its first working plant has yet to be decided, Standard Gas said that it will likely be in either Norfolk or East Yorkshire, creating around 40 local jobs.

Mr Sharrocksaid: “We have identified a site in Norfolk and have been building relationships with regional organisations including the University of East Anglia.

“If the SG100 stays in Norfolk, there is the potential to collaborate with others in building the region’s renewable and sustainable energy expertise.”