Plans submitted to build new sugar beet drier at Wissington factory
30th October 2024
A planning application has been submitted to build a new beet drier at a Norfolk-based sugar factory.
British Sugar seeks permission to build an extension to its Wissington plant.
The new sugar beet drier would allow steam produced elsewhere on the site to be used to dry leftover beet pulp to make animal feed.
The same process is currently carried out using gas burners to heat the beet.
British Sugar explained that using steam would save 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year.
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The Wissington factory opened in 1925. Back then, the beet was delivered by rail and barge and the factory processed 600 tonnes per day.
Over 90 years later, the factory at Wissington is the largest and the most cost-effective sugar processing site in Europe, British Sugar confirmed.
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