Update on Renewed Interest in our 2010 Article on Anaerobic Digestion
Our original article, published on 29 October 2010, detailed the new Conservative government's pledge to encourage farmers to adopt anaerobic digestion (AD) projects. The article highlighted discussions between Lord Henley, a junior DEFRA minister, and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) regarding improved Feed-in Tariffs for renewable energy programs, with a specific focus on AD technology.
While this article is now fourteen years old, it has seen a recent surge in interest.
It remains an important question.
It's important to remember that the renewable energy landscape, including government incentives and technological advancements, has changed significantly since the article's publication.
Can you please comment to explain why the likely new Labour government has not pledged to at least equal the support for Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas that is being given by the EU, or indeed the most progressive states in the US?
We simply don't understand what the answer can be.
The original post is retained below for those who are interested in it:
ORIGINAL POST ARCHIVE:
Government to encourage anaerobic digestion projects - Guttridge
The government has pledged to encourage farmers to invest in anaerobic digestion projects, it has been revealed.
Junior DEFRA minister Lord Henley said he was in talks with the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to help improve Feed-in Tariff rates which are rewarded to those who set up renewable energy programmes.
Speaking at the Northern Farming Conference today (October 15th), he said: "We want to do what we can. That obviously will in due course with DECC mean looking at feed-in tariffs and a whole range of other things.
"We have given a commitment that we will encourage anaerobic digestion."
Lord Henley also claimed the technology can offer farmers a wide range of benefits other than energy production.
In addition to reducing the amount of waste which is sent to the landfill, the bi-product of the anaerobic digestion process can be used as a fertiliser for crops.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the anaerobic digestion industry includes; elevators – bucket elevators – valves <Original links no linking working>
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