Leading fresh produce supplier A.H. Worth has announced that its current sustainability measures have the potential to provide enough electricity to power 100% of its sites’ requirements. With sustainability a core value of the business, A.H. Worth’s green energy supply comes from solar panels and an anaerobic digester (AD) at its sites in Lincolnshire.
In summer, the 631kw solar panels can provide all of the fresh produce supplier’s Fosdyke site’s energy requirements and for the rest of the year, the panels provide 20% of the site’s energy needs. A.H. Worth’s 1.4Mw anaerobic digester turns crops into clean energy – creating enough electricity to power the equivalent of 2,000 homes. Maize grown on land surrounding the site is fermented in the AD, to produce a biogas that powers electricity-generating engines. This process also produces nutrient-rich by-products, both liquid and solid, which in turn are returned to the land as natural fertilisers.
Alex Boughton, Managing Director, A.H. Worth says; “Sustainability has been a key value at A.H. Worth ever since it was founded in by Arthur Worth in 1895 and we are constantly innovating to create solutions that enable us to provide the quality fresh produce our customers expect, in the ways that respect the environment. We are proud to have the potential to power 100% of our sites’ requirements through our current sustainability efforts and look forward to continuing to seek out the most efficient and environmentally friendly solutions.”
