A Detailed Economic Assessment of Anaerobic Digestion Technology and its Suitability to UK Farming and Waste Systems - 2nd Edition
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collaboration with Andersons, this is an updated edition of the Report
and Biogas Costs Calculator
The report provides a compendium of information and resources for on-
farm anaerobic digestion (AD) and addresses key questions and barriers
that need resolving to facilitate progress at farm level.
This is the second edition of the report. The first was published less
than 2 years ago. This second report addresses how quickly the
industry is moving forward in size, experience and knowledge. Policies
have change dramatically in this time, including the financial
incentives, the environmental requirements and quality assurances. New
refinements are also currently being negotiated regarding
environmental and planning regulations.
This comprehensive report includes chapters on the following:
-Introduction and background to anaerobic digestion
-Technical briefing
-Regulatory considerations
-Economics of AD on farm
-Case studies
-Sensitivity analyses
-Biomethane injection into the national grid
-Biogas as a road fuel
-Conclusions - Opportunities for the Industry; Barriers to UK on-farm
AD and -Future Work Requirements
The full report can be downloaded from the National Non-Food Crops
Centre website (pdf; 127pages; 1.4MB)
http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/metadot/index.pl?id=7198;isa=DBRow;op=show;dbview_id=2539
The NNFCC Biogas Calculator has also been updated. The downloadable
calculator for estimating costs of anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities
is associated with this report, which contains instructions on its
use. The Biogas Calculator can be downloaded from the NNFCC website:
http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/metadot/index.pl?id=7197;isa=DBRow;op=show;dbview_id=2539