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Costain study to examine using hydrogen to pasteurise fruit juice

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Costain has won funding for an innovative feasibility study to see if hydrogen from biogas can fuel boilers to pasteurise fruit juice.

Costain is working with Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Wales and West Utilities and food and drink manufacturer Princes Group on the study.

It will explore whether hydrogen from biogas from the Cardiff East Waste Water Treatment Works can power the boilers.

The H2Juice project has won £372,931 of funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) £26m Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Programme (Stream 2A), to demonstrate the feasibility of end-to-end industrial fuel switching to hydrogen. The study will take five months, with the possibility of further funding in the subsequent Stream 2B, to conduct further engineering and a demonstrator.

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