10 December 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: Assessing Anaerobic Digester Cost for On-Farm Manu...

Anaerobic Digestion News: Assessing Anaerobic Digester Cost for On-Farm Manu...:



For the right farm business or operator of any process which produces as a by-product a consistent organic waste, an anaerobic digester plant can be financially rewarding and also provide for much better protection of the environment than direct manure spreading.

But, the problem is, finding good information on anaerobic digester costs. 

Follow the link above to the new article, in which we have tried to add further information on anaerobic digester costs, and you will also find that at the end of the article we provide a number of links to anaerobic digester cost calculators.

08 November 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: What is Biogas and How Has It Been Hijacked?

Anaerobic Digestion News: What is Biogas and How Has It Been Hijacked?: The term 'biogas' is commonly used to refer to a gas which has been produced by the biological breakdown of organic matter in the...

"Surely, the west is being left behind with so few domestic scale AD Plants? They work massively in the developing world so why not in the west? The fact is that unfortunately in the west we all think of big corporations when we think of biogas, and we are missing the point. Biogas works best at the small scale. Why don't the developed nations realize this? We are all blind to this because, AD in the west has been hijacked by big business. It has been stolen from the average person. This isn't right! "

30 October 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: Latest News in the Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Ma...

Anaerobic Digestion News: Latest News in the Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Ma...: In order to pick up the skills needed to take the plunge and invest in anaerobic digestion technology on any farm a degree in the subjec...

25 September 2013

The Landfill Leachate News Blog: Digestate Evaporators for Anaerobic Digestion Plan...

The Landfill Leachate News Blog: Digestate Evaporators for Anaerobic Digestion Plan...We recommend that you follow the link in the title to read our article, about this new technique and how it is being applied to biogas plant digestates.

A scraped Plate Evaporator is nothing like a dishwasher. In one you place your scraped plates and in the other it scrapes its own plates to prevent the heat exchange surface building up a furring which would eventually foul the heat exchanger and stop it working.

12 July 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: A Round-Up of Anaerobic Digestion UK Food Waste Ne...

Anaerobic Digestion News: A Round-Up of Anaerobic Digestion UK Food Waste Ne...:


It has been easy for us to provide an internet news roundup for UK Food Waste this month, because we are spoilt for choice! It seems that despite slow and indecisive government action, the anaerobic digestion industry moves forward, at least in Food Waste AD... Clearly, the industry is making it's case heard well enough for a measured growth, but one can't help thinking that if the coalition had meant what it said about "being the greenest government yet", when it came into power. we would surely be much further ahead by now?

For the full round-up article click on the title of this item.

15 May 2013

Assessing the Costs of Anaerobic Digestion Plant P...

Anaerobic Digestion News: Assessing the Costs of Anaerobic Digestion Plant P...: The Costs of Anaerobic Digestion are of course what everyone thinking of embarking upon a biogas project wants to know, and at the same t...

Also, of interest is that a table is included which shows the low cost of Irish power when compared with the rest of Europe. This is, in itself, a big deterrent to Irish farmers against setting up an AD Plant when compared with elsewhere in the EU.

Go and take a look at the full article now!

04 May 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Waste Moves on with S...

Anaerobic Digestion News: Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Waste Moves on with S...: It is that perfect time of year for starting outdoor projects with significant groundworks. By starting now, the developer obviously gets the best chance of good weather.

Hacking Problem Resolved

We have been quieter than usual for the past two weeks or so. The reason for that is that we have not been posting due to the need to clean our main website at www.anaerobic-digestion.com and restore all the site to its original glory.

That job is now done and we once again have time to write about the world of Biogas. Speak to you all again soon!

Steve

16 April 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: Anaerobic Digestion Investment - Uncertain About I...

Anaerobic Digestion News: Anaerobic Digestion Investment - Uncertain About I...: There is plenty of bullish news from Anaerobic Digestion plant contractors at the moment, despite the money markets sinking due to a lac...


14 April 2013

Anaerobic Digestion in the UK - A Renewable Energy Source


Introduction

The UK sustainable development commitments stress importance of renewable energy sources as a vehicle to avoid pollution, ecological imbalance and climate change. The changing legal and political perspective on climate change puts pressure on farmers and food producers to adopt alternative and sustainable methods of waste management. Many people involved in the Draft Energy Strategy reported that there is great potential for producing energy from agricultural waste.

This also tackles two key issues in many counties of:

-waste minimization and renewable energy, both from a climate change and resource maximization point of view provides impetus to adoption of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) to respond to both issues.

The adoption of AD offers great potential for renewable electricity, heat, and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generation and can lead to integrated management of farm and food processing residues with significant environmental and ecological benefits.

A scoping study carried out recently suggested that sustainable use of agricultural and food process residue can help in producing non-carbon energy, reducing green house gases (GHG) emission, the amount of landfill waste and the overall use of fossil fuels, and could help to boost rural economies.

It also indicates huge potential for generating renewable energy using AD, and encouraging the decentralisation of sustainable energy generation.

The technical feasibility study is the first step, and such a study should consider two development options:

A. Farm-based AD plant
B. Centralised Anaerobic Digestion (CAD) plant

07 April 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: Carbon Capture and Storage - Is This The Last Chan...

Anaerobic Digestion News: Carbon Capture and Storage - Is This The Last Chan...: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is the only technology proposed at present that could enable emissions mitigation with continued use of f...
carbon capture and storage

25 March 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: Pump and Mixer Reliability is All About Buying Qua...

Anaerobic Digestion News: Pump and Mixer Reliability is All About Buying Qua...: O.K. so as a process engineer I am biased, you might say. I don't have to pay high initial plant installation costs myself, and a lot...

20 March 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: Verder Chemical Dosing in the Spotlight

Anaerobic Digestion News: Verder Chemical Dosing in the Spotlight: Verder Chemical Dosing in the Spotlight In this article Philip Brown, Project Manager for pumping solutions at Verder UK, explains th...


08 March 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: UK Biogas Plants Exceed 100 And Hit Trouble


Anaerobic Digestion News: UK Biogas Plants Exceed 100 And Hit Trouble: The good news is that that magic number of 100 anaerobic digestion plants in the UK has now been exceeded. In fact, if you visit the AD Inf...

02 March 2013

Poplars Biogas Plant Odour Complaints Persist


There seem to be problems from odours at the Poplars Anaerobic Digestion Plant. According to the Council's website the measures now being taken should remove the problem by the end of this month:

Cannock Chase Council has received a number of complaints from local residents between January and August 2012 concerning odours from the Anaerobic Digestion Plant (AD).
Planning permission for the AD Plant was granted to Biffa in November 2009, with a Permit being granted by the Environment Agency in December 2010. Construction of the AD Plant was completed in May 2011 and the process commenced operation in June 2011.
These complaints were referred to the Environment Agency for investigation, as they are the Regulatory Authority for the AD Plant and other waste disposal activities on the Poplars site. This was explained to complainants and contact details for the Environment Agency were given for any future complaints.

AD Plants can produce odours, but with good management these should be contained within the plant's buildings. For the full article click here.

28 February 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: Landia's Biochop Hygienisation Unit Targets Low Ri...

Anaerobic Digestion News: Landia's Biochop Hygienisation Unit Targets Low Ri...

The New Landia  Biochop Hygienisation Unit will be a useful addition to the biogas equipment market as it is aimed at the majority of ...


07 February 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: Anaerobic Digestion Gets PR Bonus from UK Meat Sca...



Anaerobic Digestion News: Anaerobic Digestion Gets PR Bonus from UK Meat Sca...: You may well be amused to hear that the Anaerobic Digestion process, which has rightly been getting an increasingly favourable press recently... Plus AD Permit Applications simplified.

06 February 2013

Anaerobic Digestion News: Dry Anaerobic Digestion Technology is the Buzz Wor...

Dry anaerobic digestion process technology
Anaerobic Digestion News: Dry Anaerobic Digestion Technology is the Buzz Wor...: So called "Dry Anaerobic Digestion" is the latest buzzword this week for MSW AD plants in the US. While I was researching this post I fou...

01 February 2013

The Landfill Leachate News Blog: Answers to Current Questions Being Asked About Lea...

The Landfill Leachate News Blog: Answers to Current Questions Being Asked About Lea...: We have compiled a list of the most common questions being asked at the moment about leachate treatment and leachate management for landf... See also: http://leachate.co.uk/main/

Anaerobic Digestion News: UK Energy from Waste - Don't Get Hurt By The Waste...

Anaerobic Digestion News: UK Energy from Waste - Don't Get Hurt By The Waste...: Take care energy from waste people - Don't let the Waste Hierarchy Bite! The topic today is the UK Waste Regs. and how important it is w...

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