New research by Rothamsted and the University of Milan has looked at ammonia emissions from farm-based digestate: these can increase by separating the liquid and solid fractions of digestate, depending on how the liquid fraction is then stored. See more…
The New Scientist has published an article on using cacti for biogas. Mike Mason, an academic from Oxford University who attended ADBA's R&D Forum in April, suggests that the 300 million hectares of underused semi-arid land in the world could…
A research paper has just been published on using seaweed for biofuels, including for biomethane production. Professor Jerry D Murphy of University College Cork and others conducted the research "to assess the effect of ensiling of seaweed (5 species) on biomethane…
We have been informed of new funding available from the European Commission and UK Government on energy research and development. See here for all the details. Anaerobic digestion and biogas projects can apply under the energy streams of the various…
The European Union's research and innovation unit are conducting research on 10 new technologies that can extract phosphorus from sewage sludge. Currently only 2,000-3,000 tonnes of struvite (a phosphorus-rich mineral) are produced in the EU each year, while sewage sludge…
The Anaerobic Digestion Network (ADNet) - a network of academic and industrial partners which ADBA is part of - has awarded three grants to researchers focussing on different aspects of the AD process. Each aspect is really exciting in themselves…
Innovate UK have announced the latest round of funding available to innovation projects in the agricultural sector as part of the Agri-Tech catalyst. Projects in the following funding categories may be eligible for funding: Primary crop and livestock production, including aquaculture…
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has released a detailed report on the carbon footprint of food production, specifically recognising that anaerobic digestion on farms and food production sites can play a significant role in making food supply chains…
ADBA's Chief Executive, Charlotte Morton, wrote the following editorial in Issue two of Water & Sewerage's 2015 magazine Anaerobic digestion is well known – and well established – in the UK’s wastewater treatment sector. But that doesn’t mean the sector…
As Ofgem's FITs tariff tables show, the Feed-in Tariff is now 9.4 pence/ kWhe for 250-500 kWe plants. We already know it will fall 10% on 1 October and a further ~10% on 1 April 2016, unless we can pursuade…
