United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
UK Country Report
Clare T Lukehurst
(National Team Leader)
April 2010
Numbers of biogas plants
(as far as it is known)
Location No. of
plants
Farm (slurry and co-digestion with 39
maize, etc & food waste
Industrial (breweries, vegetable 18
packers, ice cream, etc)
Waste Water Treatment 220
600
500
400
0
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
• April 11th 2010 British Gas and Centrica confirmed plans for 5 plants
first of which to upgrade sewage gas for grid injection (instead of
flaring) expects to inject into the grid by Spring 2011
Installation of current operating
m3 capacity
capacity
30,000
25,000
20
20,000
15,000
10
10,000
6
5 5
4
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06
07
08
03
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Farm based plants only (data provided by farmers and companies)
Economic supports –market
mechanisms
• Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCS)
(currently paying 4.8p/kWhr x 2 for AD)
• Feed –in -Tariffs for electricity/CHP as from
April 2010
(11.5p/kWh <500kW, 9p/kWh >500kW–5 MW)
• Renewable Heat Incentive (from April 2011)-
under consultation but looks generous
• Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
Certificates (currently worth 11.15p/litre)
Economic supports -Capital
grants
• Waste Recycling Action Programme (WRAP) Organics
Capital Grant Scheme
• Bioenergy Capital Grant Scheme
• Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE)
• AD implementation plan 2010
– £10 million programme of demonstration sites across England
– New research unit to test out the latest technology
• Northern Ireland – DARD biomass capital grant scheme
to include AD - soon
AD Implementation Plan
published March 2010
Objectives:
• Accelerate uptake of Anaerobic Digestion
in England
• Create the economic framework and
regulatory structure
• Build capacity
• Research to improve understanding
• Share global experience
• Assess progress
Improving understanding
national projects
• 2010 start -The AD Development Centre
• 15 reports including due for publication 2010 :
- Nutrient and carbon flows, optimising process
for the stabilisation of food waste, emissions
- Potential for farm scale AD & contribution to
rural economy
- Review of AD technology
• European experience with small scale AD
Information Portal on AD
Defra in conjunction with Department of Energy and Climate Change
(DECC) launched England's Official Information Portal on Anaerobic
Digestion on 16 September 2009. The site acts as a gateway to all
the AD information available on one website. It is being
administered National Non Food Crops Centre (NNFCC).
The new AD Portal, www.biogas-info.co.uk, brings together access to
the essential introductory information
as well as details of where to find
specialist advice.
First stakeholder meeting 27 October to
review the portal in its first stage. A
follow up meeting January 2010.
Sharing global experience
S R l E i i
Regulations for farmers