Severn Trent sewage plant gets wind turbine

Severn Trent Water will be powering its sewage plant near Leicester with wind by Christmas after building a new turbine there. The 130m-high turbine dubbed ‘Windy’ by local schoolchildren is expected to generate around 5,000 megawatt hours of electricity a year, enough to supply around 1,500 homes with power. Jon Beeson, renewable energy specialist at […]