Green2Go Projects

Nando’s Junction 27 restaurant, based in Leeds, has become the first UK restaurant to use its own waste cooking oil to power the restaurant. Waste cooking oil is processed into bio-fuel, which then drives a generator at the restaurant, fulfilling all of its power needs. Nando’s is able to export surplus electricity to the national grid – thereby enabling it to become a supplier of low carbon renewable energy. This arrangement has been made possible through a successful and innovative partnership with Green2Go, which provides the micro-generation system, and bio-fuels producer Convert2Green. The waste cooking oil is collected from all 214 Nando’s restaurants nationwide and processed into a range of quality bio-fuels. This virtuous cycle of utilising waste cooking oil for green power has contributed to Nando’s achieving a highly coveted ‘A’ grade for the energy efficiency of the restaurant, a close to zero carbon emission status and the ability to fix its energy bills for up to five years. As government legislation on carbon reduction begins to bite, particularly the forthcoming Carbon Reduction Commitment in early 2010, large users of power need to look at renewable energy schemes for power and transport, or risk being penalised through the imposition of hefty levies. The project with Nando’s has proved that using waste oil for power delivers not only their green commitment, but also reduces cost. In the face of a severe economic downturn and with energy costs poised to rise, Green2Go has helped Nando’s reduce its waste disposal costs for the oil, ensure that its energy costs are predictable for the life of the project and achieve a massive 70% reduction in carbon emissions.