London—Dentons has advised Sainsbury's on a first-of-a-kind project to power one of its retail stores exclusively using electricity produced from waste.

Food waste from Sainsbury’s supermarkets around the UK will be transported to an anaerobic digestion plant operated by waste recycling company Biffa, in Cannock in the West Midlands. This will be turned into bio-methane gas, which will be used to generate electricity. A newly constructed 1.5km long electricity cable will then directly supply Sainsbury’s Cannock retail store with electricity from the plant from 21 July 2014.

This is the first retail outlet in the UK to come off the National Grid and be powered entirely by electricity generated from food waste.

Dentons advised Sainsbury's on the energy, construction and property aspects of the project.

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