Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion: A Comprehensive Guide
Dive into the world of food waste anaerobic digestion and learn how it tackles this pressing waste problem while powering our world in a greener way. Read more about the anaerobic digestion of food waste here now! Food waste isn’t just messy; it’s a growing environmental headache and a squander of resources that hits us all in […]
UK Dry Anaerobic Digestion May Soon Come to England – GMCA to Support New AD System
Introduction to a Groundbreaking Initiative! The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Waste and Recycling Committee has recently taken a bold step towards adopting an alternative anaerobic digestion process technology that could extend the biowaste management sector in England to many dry organic wastes not hitherto considered useful for energy production. With approval to commission the […]
Slurry Separation Equipment Range Extended By Börger in the Wake of New Defra Guidance
Börger has announced an important addition to its popular BioSelect slurry separation equipment range with a mobile Powerlift version that follows on from the financial shock of the new Defra slurry separator guidance issued in October 2023. Guidance that unfortunately imposes more costs on slurry management from now onward. The new mobile Slurry Separation Unit […]
Digester Mixers by Landia Raise Biogas Production While Revamping a Troublesome AD Plant
Once again digester mixers installed by Landia have turned out to be a crucial component for success when taming a troublesome AD facility. Let’s have a natter about a proper success story. I’m talking about Eco Verde Energy’s (EVE) revamp at their Anaerobic Digestion (AD)+ plant in Holton, Suffolk. Now, this isn’t just any old […]
Finding the Right Feedstock for Anaerobic Digestion Plants
The Challenge of Securing Adequate Feedstock for AD Plants to Secure Initial Capital Funding and During Operation Anaerobic digestion (AD) plants plays a crucial role in the renewable energy landscape, producing biogas through the digestion of organic waste feedstock. However, one of the major challenges in developing and sustaining AD facilities is finding the right […]
World Will Fail Climate Targets Unless Organic-Waste Methane is Cut Now – WBA Report Update
The world will fail to meet the promised Paris 2015 Accord climate targets unless action is taken now to reduce organic-waste methane emissions. Globally, all governments must act now to start cutting highly damaging methane emissions from the breakdown of organic waste, or they will be by default simply abandoning their pledges—this is our interpretation of […]
Biogas and Biomethane Production in the UK
In this article, we look ahead to likely developments in UK biogas and biomethane in 2024 to give you our thoughts on the trends likely to develop this year for better, and in some cases, for worse for the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry sector in the United Kingdom. As energy costs remain high and record profits […]
Turning Poop Into Power (Power Poop!): The Future of Sustainable Energy
What is the world coming to when we say we will talk about power poop! Yes! Turning poop into power! Are we crazy? No not at all. There is nothing silly or childish about this revolution in bioenergy and waste management. To put it bluntly: Using livestock poo and human toilet waste as fuel. In […]
Separate Food Waste Collections Mandatory in England by 2026
It might seem obvious that it’s way beyond the time for English local authorities to implement separate food waste collections (SFWCs). Wales and Scotland have been doing it successfully for 7 years. Now, at last, weekly SFWCs are set to become a legal requirement for all English LAs by 2026. The government’s implementation of food waste […]
Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credits for UK Biogas Plant Operators – Are You Claiming Yours?
According to many tax experts, the UK AD industry frequently misses out on R&D tax credits that are available to UK biogas plant operators and which go unclaimed. Are you sure that your business is claiming all the R&D tax credits to which you are entitled? No two biogas plants are ever built quite the […]
EU Biomethane Boost – 8% of Gas Supply Should Be Biomethane by 2030 – 2021 Policy Paper Said
The biomethane boost from EU governments is due to be much larger than we described in our first report in January 2012, when we said: What will not be easy to obtain agreement on is the fact that, in their own words; “UE biomethane and green hydrogen, require additional incentives compared to the incentives required […]
To The Moo-n: Using Cow Dung From A Biogas Plant – The AD Process Fuels Japan’s Space Ambitions
Yes. You heard it here first! Cow dung rocket fuel, which is the feed for a biogas plant (using the process of anaerobic digestion), has been used in a successful test to fuel Japan’s space ambitions. Imagine getting the fuel for rockets not from complicated chemicals but from something as simple as cow dung. Yes, […]
Seasons Greetings to All Our Visitors and Subscribers
Hi! Seasons Greetings to all who visit our website, and if you don’t celebrate Christmas please also accept our best wishes. We hope this year’s Christmas card (top of page) brings a smile to your face. We also so much hope that reading our articles through 2023 has been enjoyable. Amazingly, we have just realized […]
The Truth Behind Electric Kitchen Composters: Understanding Food Waste Management
Take care! “Electric Kitchen Composters” are not what their name suggests them to be. In the realm of sustainable living and waste management, the distinction between traditional composting and modern food waste dehydrators is often blurred. Recent discussions by BioCycle columnists Sally Brown and Ron Alexander have highlighted the issue: many in-home food waste dehydrators […]
Anaerobic Digestion in Germany & AD Industry Growth Prospects from EEG 2021 Act
Anaerobic digestion in Germany is forecast to expand. There is good reason to be optimistic about the prospects of growth in the German anaerobic digestion industry due to the passing of the new 2021 Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) by the Bundestag, which took place just before Christmas 2020. This promises to be a major […]
