Plant Update


THE YEAR OF BIOMETHANE


over the next 12 months. This growth is largely being driven by the number of new biomethane plants coming on stream – the UK now has almost 90 plants injecting biomethane into the grid, double the number from the same time last year. And with the announcement that the RHI tariffs will increase from April 2017, the future looks bright for home-grown green gas.


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The new year heralds a more positive picture for electricity, too. The government’s response to the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) consultation will bring in slightly higher tariffs for AD than those proposed in the consultation. However, as the end of the FIT nears, we are urging the government to consider the future of support for farm and waste-based AD. In addition, the lack of a ban on sending food waste to landfill is preventing a large proportion of England’s food waste from being recycled through AD, so this is another issue on which we will campaign throughout 2017 and beyond.


But, as demonstrated by our snapshot of some of the projects coming on stream imminently, ours is an industry that keeps fighting. Plants of all types and sizes, and processing a variety of feedstocks, are continuing to be developed despite the political upheaval that has dominated recent headlines. The UK’s AD industry is still on an upward curve.


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gainst all odds, the UK’s AD industry is continuing to grow. At the end of 2016 there were 540 plants in operation – up from 424 in 2015 – and this figure is set to increase


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1 ARDBOE AGRI ENERGY Location:


Cookstown, NI Current stage of development: Under construction/ground and basement works Input: Cow slurry and renewable materials (grass, fodder beet, rye, maize, etc) Output: 499 kW Projected completion date: Early summer 2017 ADBA member involvement: Manufacturer Weltec Biopower www.weltec-biopower.co.uk


2 MCCULLA Location: Lisburn, NI Current stage of development: Commissioning Input: Cow slurry, chicken manure, grass silage, whey, potatoes Output: 499 kW ADBA member involvement: Manufacturer Weltec Biopower www.weltec-biopower.co.uk


3 AMUR AD PLANT Location: South Milford Current stage of development: Commissioning Input: Food waste Output: 500 kWe, 1,200 kW thermal power (CHP and boiler), 800m3


gas to grid


ADBA member involvement: Owner/operator Amur Energy www.amurenergy.co.uk


5 LOWER REULE (EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING PLANT) Location: Gnosall Current stage of development: Commissioning Input: Pig slurry, maize silage Output: 800 kW ADBA member involvement: Manufacturer Weltec Biopower www.weltec-biopower.co.uk


4 MONA Location: Anglesey Current stage of development: Under


construction Output: 2,000 kWe Projected completion date: Summer 2017 Input: Dairy industry waste, glycerol, chicken manure, rye grass, whole crop rye, corn silage ADBA member involvement: Design and build contractor Agraferm Technologies www.agraferm.com


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6 METHWOLD Location: Norfolk Current stage of development: Commissioned late 2016 Output: 499 kWe CHP, 375 m³/h biomethane Input: 30,000 tpa of pig manure, including straw ADBA member involvement: Design and build contractor Agraferm Technologies www.agraferm.com


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