ADBA welcomes boost to on-farm AD market
Farmers interested in building an anaerobic digester below 250 kW will be able to apply for a grant of up to £10,000 to create a business plan, and a loan of up to £400,000, or 50% of the project costs, to help fund the building of the plant. Welcoming the support this will provide to […]
Where there’s muck…
CH4e, the developer of innovative small-scale on-farm anaerobic digestion systems, will be among a select panel of experts offering insights into how to deploy renewables to generate energy from waste and reduce operational costs at Sustainability Live 2013 (16-18 April, NEC Birmingham). Juliet de Falbe, founding director of CH4e, will examine the challenges facing the […]
CLA encourages farmers to pursue anaerobic digestion
Welcoming this emphasis on the many benefits of AD to farming Henry Robinson, Deputy President, CLA said: “I am hopeful that efforts to raise the profile of anaerobic digestion on-farm, such as the recognition granted within the Ecosystems Market Task Force report, will drive uptake in the market. The benefits of anaerobic digestion to farming […]
New green energy plant project well under way
A new £8million anaerobic digestion (AD) facility, which will help to process food waste from across the north east and generate renewable energy for the local area, is now in development in County Durham. The north east’s first commercial food waste facility at Emerald Biogas on Newton Aycliffe Industrial Estate is set to launch in […]
Anaerobic Digestion plant given go ahead in Nottinghamshire
The plant, which will begin construction in September 2012, will be built at a derelict quarry site adjacent to the applicant’s farm. It will produce biogas which will be used to provide electricity to the farm and a neighbouring concrete plant, with surplus being sold to the Grid. Heat generated will be used for drying […]
Biogen to pay almost £10,000 after stream polluted
The Environment Agency said the pollution was avoidable and it should have been notified sooner so that the incident could have been better managed. A large quantity of digestate from an anaerobic digester overflowed when a pump was left on overnight at the company’s Clapham Biogas Plant on 19 November 2010. A member of Biogen […]
Beat the drought with moisture retention, farmers told
Earlier this year, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman hosted a drought summit with water companies, farmers and wildlife groups and warned of potential supply disruptions. In spite of increased rainfall in April, large swathes of England are still officially in drought. In addition, several water stress studies predict that the South East will show ‘extreme stress’ […]
