Renewable energy resource
Turning waste into energy
Energy from waste and biomass provide a huge opportunity for London. If all of London's waste that cannot be recycled and currently goes to landfill were used to generate energy, it could generate enough electricity for up to two million homes and heat for up to 625,999 homes.
The Mayor's London plan promotes the use of non-incineration based advanced technologies such as anaerobic digestion, which is a process where organic waste is turned into renewable gas and gasification, which uses heat to make materials like wood and paper into renewable gas. These technologies can be used to provide low carbon fuels for low and zero carbon
developments and for transport.
We are working with the London Climate Change Agency to get four new recycling and reprocessing plants in London, to turn waste into renewable energy as part of the Mayor's Waste Strategy.
