Well At Least They Tried,

but it was a pity they failed,

two revolutionary 'green' power stations have been shut down because they don't work properly and they pump out too much smoke, in a bold move by Heineken they decided to become self sufficient in the production of electricity and steam by burning the company's own grain that has been used in the brewing process as well as wood chips, but alas the two power stations concerned at Manchester and Tadcaster failed to live up to their expectations,

the £35m investment was described as "a major step towards sustainable energy and self-sufficiency for the brewing industry", in November last year, the company pledged that the new power stations would reduce carbon emissions by 30,000 tonnes a year and would provide all of the electricity needed at both breweries, but a company memo leaked to Sky News says the power stations have now been turned off because the fuel is too wet and "excessive smoke" from the chimneys might upset their neighbours,

the memo says that plans to try to adapt the plants have been scrapped and that the company is trying to find something else to burn, "The fuel-handling system is not robust and cannot handle the design fuel," it states,

that is the bit I do not understand, someone has spent £35 million on a custom designed system but it can not burn the design fuel, some one has been drinking to much of their own product at the design meetings me thinks!