Argent Energy to convert 250-meter long fatberg into 10,000 liters of biodiesel

In the UK, the monster 250-meter long Whitechapel fatberg will be converted into around 10,000 liters of biodiesel, Thames Water has confirmed. The congealed mass of fat, oil, grease, wet wipes and sanitary products discovered blocking an east London sewer will create enough environmentally-friendly energy to power 350 double-decker Routemaster buses for a day.

 So far around a third of the 130-tonne fatberg, which hit headlines around the world last week, has been removed from the bowels of Whitechapel Road, with work now expected to finish in October due to damage it has caused to the Victorian sewer.

Tanker loads of the infamous fatberg have been broken apart with high-powered jets and sucked from the Whitechapel Road sewer since work started in early September. It will now be transferred to a specialist plant to be processed with other fats, oils and greases, and transformed into biodiesel.