A “huge” surge in the number of new ‘green gas’ biomethane plants is forecast over the next three years thanks to up to £400m of investment in the sector, according to the UK’s four main gas network operators. The investment covers funding for 48 new UK biomethane plants which could all be in operation by January 2020, potentially taking the total number of UK plants up from 98 today to 146 by the end of the decade. The surge in development could result in a 50 per cent increase in capacity across the fledgling sector over the next two or three years, the gas networks said.
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