AD Biogas News Issue 4

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Acohrnt wast stratgy, including doorstp collction and sourc

sgrgation, will hav a ajor ipact on th availability of fdstock and

thus th businss plans of plants in th piplin. With stiats indicating

that around 80% of availabl fdstock in th UK could co fro unicipal

solid and corcial and industrial wast sourcs, ADBA has bn clar that

th industry, and th country, will s th gratst bnt if this rsourc is

sourc-sgrgatd and prioritisd for AD.

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Buildig a bigte utue o AD

Now that th Govrnnt has nally conrd that th

Rnwabl Hat Incntiv (RHI) will bco a rality in

2010/2011 with a budgt of £850 illion bing st asid, ADBA

will continu th ght to try and scur a lvl of funding that

aks gas to grid injction conoically viabl.

Th futur of th industry is also in th balanc through a nubr of consultations.

Th Wast Rviw, a coprhnsiv rviw of all houshold and corcial

wast collction in th UK, and th 2050 Pathways Rviw, which looks at how

Britain will gnrat th nrgy it nds and t its grnhous gas targts by

2050, hav both rcntly closd.

ADBA is aking sur that AD’s rol to 2050 is clarly st out and that a cohrnt

wast stratgy, including doorstp collction and sourc sgrgation, is valud

corrctly so that all th costs and bnts to UK plc ar factord in. It is iportantthat w gt wast policy right as it will hav a ajor ipact on th availability of

fdstock and thus th businss plans of plants in th piplin. With stiats

indicating that around 80% of availabl fdstock in th UK could co fro

unicipal solid and corcial and industrial wast sourcs, ADBA has bn

clar that th industry, and th country, will s th gratst bnt if this

rsourc is sourc-sgrgatd and prioritisd for AD. Although part of th wast

rviw, Dfra ust also nsur that this is tid in with th AD Action Plan that is

bing drawn up with DeCC, aidd by ADBA. To this nd, this issu of AD & Biogas

Nws is rly cntrd on th iportanc of wast collction, and th focus at

ADBA’s National Confrnc in Dcbr will b to discuss th stratgy for wast

and food collction as wll. Ultiatly though, th vntual succss of changs

in wast collction policis, and of th AD Action Plan, will b asurd by thnubr of plants which co on stra.

Looking ahad at th nxt six onths, w will b working hard with Govrnnt

on wast issus, th crafting of a workabl AD Action Plan and th prioritisation

of funding for AD via th Rnwabl Hat Incntiv, th Fd-in Tariff and th

Rnwabl Transport Fuls Obligation. Ford for th bnt of its brs, it is

th knowldg, advic and xprinc that our brs ar wll placd to provid

that will nabl us to axiis AD’s potntial - ADBA wlcos your input, so

plas gt in touch.

Lod rupet rededale, ADBA Caima

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Cove stoy: 1 ADBA calls for members to get involved

Welcome: 2Chairman’s foreword, Publication details

ADBA new: 3The true voice of the industry

featue ‘Wate – get it igt’: 4-7

Coeece Peview: 8-9

Membe’ new & View: 10-12

Govemet & Agecy new: 13

featue ‘Biometae a atapot uel’: 14-15

Policy Update: 16-17 A guide to ABPR, Working with the decision makers

Membeip Matte: 18-21 Working Group updates, diary dates, new ADBA director

Evet - UK & AD BIOGAs 2011: 22

A bi-monthly publication to raise industry

awareness and report on the activities of the Association and its members.

Add Editor Kirsty Sharpe to your press list and sendus your news and views on a regular basis. Features

for the January issue include (members’ comments welcome):-

• Members’ reaction to the publication of DECC/ Defra’s draft AD Action Plan and the level of RHI

• Does the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) helpor hinder AD?

• EA standard permit for AD sites – members to

comment before the consultation closes end of January

Copy deadline 12 December 2010

Sponsorship & Advertising:

Louise Wallace T +44 (0) 203 1760 592E [email protected]

Editorial:

Kirsty Sharpe T +44 (0)1920 821873E [email protected]

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Wate maagemet –te key to AD’utue ucce?

Th AD industry is capabl of gnrating

or than 30TWh of nrgy, nough to hat

a city largr than Biringha, with 24TWh

coing fro municipal Solid Wast (mSW)

and Corcial and Industrial Wast (C&I).

With th currnt nrgy targt standing

at just 7TWh fro all organic arisings, it’s

clar that AD’s futur succss will b hugly

dpndnt on th wast industry.

According to a 2009 study by WRAP, UK

housholds throw away 8.3 illion tonns

of food and drink vry yar, rsponsibl forth quivalnt of 20 illion tonns of carbon

dioxid issions. AD can play a vital rol in

rducing th nvironntal ipact cratd

by this organic wast, braking it down

to produc a cobination of biogas and

digstat, contributing to rnwabl nrgy

production and cliat chang itigation.

Th digstat crats a biofrtilisr,

prsrving and rturning to land critical

rsourcs such as phosphorus, nitrogn

and sodiu, which would othrwis b

lost in landll or incinration. But th hugpotntial for AD can only b ralisd if wast

is collctd and anagd intlligntly,

ncssitating an ovrhaul of currnt wast

collction policy.

Wat – t t rht

Get teLocalAutoitieo ide!On ajor stubling

block to such a chang

in policy could b local

authoritis’ (LA) rsistanc to

introducing sparat food wast

collctions. Wast sgrgation ladsto a bttr quality and highr quantity of

produc for th AD procss, thus iproving

th quality and quantity of nrgy

producd - put siply, if food wast is

Whn th Caltn grnnt annuncd

t plan fr a wat cllctn cnultatn,

ADBA wa at th frfrnt f th dbat. Th

Dfra wat rw calld fr dnc n awd ran f qutn n th futur f

wat cllctn and ADBA’ ubn

rnfrcd th prtanc f cllctn

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sourc-sgrgatd, or nrgy can b

cratd and or nutrints rcycld.

Frqunt collction is also iportant; if

dlays occur, wast can start to digst

bfor it rachs th digstr, rlasing

grnhous gass and rducing th gas

yild of th wast.

Thrfor, a short-tr saving in

th for of coingld wastcollction is sn as countr-

productiv. Dspit eric

Pickls’ attpts to librat

th into aking thir

own dcisions on wast

collction, LAs should b

ncouragd by cntral

Govrnnt to tak into

account th contribution

that wast fro thir

ara can ak to a

wid rang of targts,

including landll

rduction and cliat

chang itigation,

as wll as th hug

bnts to critical

rsourc prsrvation.

Popooueaig peak

coumptioTh valu of phosphorus,

on such critical rsourc,

cannot b undrstiatd.A rcnt bring papr fro

Pemie Wate Maagemet

Ltd, an indpndnt wast

anagnt copany, clais that

faring in th UK is not sustainabl

without phosphorus, a nit, non-

rnwabl rsourc for which thr is

no substitut. Phosphorus is ssntial for

th growth of all living organiss and w

ar xpctd to rach pak consuption

by 2030. In dirct contrast to landll and

incinration, AD aintains alost all thavailabl phosphorus fro th fdstock

into th digstat whil also saving th

ins carbon cost of anufacturing

articial frtilisr fro fossil fuls.

Commuity ivolvemet –a vital tep to ucceHowvr, switching to sparat houshold

food wast collction is not as sipl as

just gtting th LAs on sid, according

to Tony Hitchns, Had of markting at

Pemie Wate Maagemet Ltd: “It is

a balancing act btwn th grnhous

gass cratd during th collction,

transportation and tratnt and thnrgy that can b producd. Additionally,

atrial collctd fro housholds will

co with a gratr risk of containation

- is soon going to unwrap th out of

dat bacon bfor putting it in th food

wast containr?” Tony continus: “Supply

ay drop du to th incras in ho

coposting and th ris in convninc

food – aftr all, you don’t hav any potato

pl if you only cook ovn chips!”

Thrfor, involving local counitisin dcisions ovr how thir wast is

contributing to cliat chang will b

ky to th succss of any sch. To this

nd, industry has a strong rsponsibility

to ngag with counitis whn

planning, building and oprating an AD

plant, holding opn tings and sit

visits, and publishing writtn inforation

for local rsidnts. David Palr-Jons,

CeO of sITA UK, a rcycling and rsourc

anagnt copany, xplains: “As

srvic providrs, our job is to giv

counitis what thy want. But or

oftn than not, w ar facd with outright

rjction of any typ of facility. W nd

to turn that around by looking at nw and

innovativ ways with which to connct

with counitis.”

This viw is chod by Hugh Vaughan, UK

& eir Dirctor for Ladia, anufacturr of

choppr pups and ixing quipnt for

biogas plants: “LAs and wast copanis

nd to ncourag th public to sourc-

sgrgat thir own houshold wast.In Dnark, for instanc, popl hav

bracd th joind-up thinking around

fars, food wast and AD plants, andCot’d >

supply may dop due to te inceae in ome compoting

and te ie in convenience food – afte all, you don’t ave

any potato peel if you only cook oven cip! Toy hitce, head o Maketig at Pemie Wate Maagemet Ltd



Wat – t t rht

bcaus counitis hav a stak in thir

local biogas plant, it’s no surpris that thy

gt th bst out of th through chapr

utility bills.”

souce-egegatio –wo pay?Anothr potntial hurdl is th cost of any

nw collction policy. It is nvisagd that

ost AD plants will tak wast fro a

rlativly sall local ara and distribut

digstat frtilisr to land as clos as

possibl. This will iniis transport costs

in both nancial and carbon trs. Whr

LAs alrady collct grn wast for fr, acharg on this would allow ost to collct

food wast at no xtra cost. LAs oving

fro wkly black bag to wkly food and

fortnightly black bag collction should

nd this clos to cost-nutral. Howvr,

thos opposd to sourc-sgrgation oftn

cit th prohibitiv cost of running such

a sch in rural aras as a rason why

it could nvr work on a national scal.

Sorst, a rural county with a ix of

urban and rural aras including part of th

exoor National Park, is proving thoscritics wrong, bing th rst to introduc

larg-scal sparat food wast collctions

back in 2004, as part of an intgratd

packag of srvics that includs wkly

rcycling andfortnightly rfus

collctions.

David mansll,

Stratgy &

Counications

Ta Ladr of

someet Wate

Pateip

(sWP) xplains:

“Our collction contractor, may Gurny,

provids cost-ffctiv food wast

collctions by cobining food wast

and rcycling collctions on a singl

pass vhicl with krbsid sorting. W

srv ovr 125,000 housholds, boosting

rcycling rats to 50%, with a quartr of

this contributd by food wast. Sorst’s

‘Sort It’ collctions ar also carbon

fcint,” says David. “Lightr, or ful-

fcint vhicls ar usd for rcycling

collctions, which do not hav havy

copaction or bin-lifting quipnt.

Consquntly, th carbon savings

achivd by rcycling gratly xcd thcarbon issions fro collctions.” As

for th futur, SWP ar kn to capitalis

on thir succss: “Working with our

tratnt contractor, Viridor, w ar

partway through awarding a contract nxt

yar for a nw AD plant in Sorst to

procss all th food wast w collct - up

to 25,000 tonns fro housholds and a

furthr 20,000 tonns fro corcial

sourcs. By using AD to produc both

biogas and biofrtilisr, and by rcycling

all our sparatd food wast withinSorst, th nw AD plant

should offr signicant nvironntal,

carbon-saving and nancial bnts,”

nthuss David.

C&I wate big a ewet o callegeBut as coptition for wast incrass,

th pric that wast tratnt

copanis can charg is likly to fall,

possibly to a position whr thy would

hav to pay for fdstock. Any chang in

wast collction policy could thrfor

hav a ngativ nancial ipact on th

sallr wast copanis. Dr Stphn

Wis, Tchnical Dirctor of sak

Wate Maagemet, blivs this is

unlikly, howvr, at last for mSW:

“Within th unicipal wast arkt,

collctions ar drivn by th Wast

Collction Authoritis, who award a

contract to th copany that ts

thir rquirnts in trs of cost,

nvironntal spcication, tc. mor

contracts ar bing won by sallr or

charitabl organisations and bcaus of

th tndring procss, I do not s this

ara bcoing onopolisd. Howvr,

th corcial arkt is or gnrally

drivn by pric. Thrfor, it will b thos

copanis that hav accss to cost-coptitiv solutions that will tak th

lad in th C&I sctor.” C&I wast brings

a diffrnt st of issus fro mSW, as

Dr Wis xplains: “Th challngs likly

to aris fro sourc-sgrgation and

sparat collction of C&I wast includ

having spac for bins at priss, staff

ngagnt and volu of atrial

gnratd. Diffrnt solutions ar

rquird – I do not s a probl with

coingling crtain atrials for

C&I wast and thn sorting th atth tratnt plant, with food wast

going to biogas production. Th latst

gnration of atrial rcovry facilitis

is highly advancd and abl to do this and

Oe iue wit C&I

wate i avig pace

o bi at pemie

someet Wate

Pateip i

ucceully ouce-egegatig

ood wate i a ual aea



organisations such as suprarkts will

not sparat vrything.”

encouragingly, on suprarkt is

bucking this trnd, aking carbon savings

quivalnt to taking a thousand cars off

th road – all by stopping its food wast

fro going to landll. Waitros’s food

wast is collctd and procssd by

spcialist AD oprators BiogeGeec.

Arthur Sayr, Waitros Rcycling & Wast

managr conts: “AD is th prfrrd

rout for us to corrctly dispos of food

wast. W wr th rst UK food rtailr

to bgin using AD back in 2008 and ardlightd that it’s now usd by 100 of our

shops.” Richard Barkr, Chif excutiv

of BiognGrnnch, adds: “W hop that

othr food producrs will tak inspiration

fro what Waitros ar doing. W ar

bginning to s what a vital rol AD could

play in fullling th UK’s nrgy supply and

cobating cliat chang.”

Wy Govemet muttake actio – nOW!

Whil it is hopd that othrs will soonfollow Waitros’s lad, unlss Govrnnt

stps in it’s fard th wait will b too

long. Placing AD abov coposting in th

eU wast hirarchy du to its suprior

nrgy rcovry and cliat chang

bnts, and stting landll targts basd

on grnhous gas issions rathr

than tonns of wast, would allow AD to

ourish. Th gnration of biogas fro

wast could also b prootd if th Gas

Safty (managnt) Rgulations wr

rlaxd to th lvl of othr eU countris.

Additionally, a ban on snding organic

wast to landll is viabl by th yar 2020

- but only if Govrnnt taks action now.

ADBA rly blivs that Govrnnt

should proot th sourc-sgrgation,

collction and prioritisation of mSW and

C&I wast for AD and st incntivs at alvl which ncourags growth. Th lack of

uptak of th Fd-in Tariff has shown that

it was st too low to proprly stiulat th

industry and th Rnwabl Hat Incntiv

(RHI) nds to b signicantly highr to

achiv th xpansion of AD to which

Govrnnt has coittd.

Howvr, it is up to th AD industry as a

whol, ld by ADBA, to offr Govrnnt

its intllctual capacity and nsur th

bst us of th availabl wast rsourcs.For its part, Govrnnt nds to harnss

th knowldg and xprinc of th AD

industry, sothing it is alrady working

towards with th advnt of th AD Action

Plan in which ADBA is havily involvd.

As ADBA Chairan, Lord Rdsdal,concluds: “It is up to ADBA and th

industry to convinc th nancirs, th

wast anagnt copanis and th

local authoritis that AD is on of th ost

iportant rnwabls in th UK.”

• www.pemiewate.com/page/ome/

bieg-pape.pp

• www.wap.og.uk/etail/cae_tudie_

eeac/epot_oueold.tml

• www.ita.co.uk

• www.ladia.co.uk

• www.ak.co.uk

• www.biogegeec.co.uk

• www.omeetwate.gov.uk

Get ivolved >

Have your say on the future of waste at ADBA’s members’ meeting on 14 Decemberand at ADBA’s National Conference on15 December, where SITA UK’s TechnicalDirector, Stuart Hayward-Higham,

will debate the hot topic -Wastecollection; can it be cheaper to source-segregate organic waste? See p8 for details.



Cnfrnc Prw

ADBA’ natioal Coeece, 15 Decembe 2010 at Oe

Geat Geoge steet Wetmite (Lodo), could

ot ave come at a bette time, a ti i te momet

te iduty a bee buildig up to ove te lat ew yea.

Tee i o time like te peet to elit te elp om ou

membe to ape te utue o AD, ad i you tik you

opiio doe’t cout – te tik agai.

Govrnnt dpartnts DeCC and Dfra ar writing th AD Action

Plan nOW and ar looking for input fro th Association and its

brs, whos sctor-divrs support, rsourc and xprinc

hav a vital part to play in apping out th rality of AD fro all

industry angls.

Th Confrnc will not only b industry’s opportunity to

donstrat th ipact AD can ak on th sctor’s ky drivrs

of ting cliat chang, rnwabl nrgy and landll targts,

as wll as critical rsourc anagnt, but it will also b your

chanc to fd into th dbat on th biggst issus affcting th

industry’s potntial. Through an aftrnoon of inforal brakout

sssions covring topics such as mSW and C&I wast collction,

th us of biothan as a transport ful, gas injction to grid

and digstat as a valuabl product, dlgats will gt th

opportunity to both qustion industry xprts and rais th

issus that thy fl nd addrssing. Plus, gust spakr Goran

Nylin, of GG eco Solutions, will b at th vnt to discuss what hblivs is the solution for aking digstat a sriously valuabl

coodity. Gusts will also hav th opportunity to ingl

aongst a tabl-top xhibition showcasing so of th ost

proinnt businsss in AD corc.

Do’t mi te vey latet ottopic up o debate:-

• Dputy Stratgy Dirctor, DeCC (tbc) – AD i cotext: te

place o AD i te UK’ eegy mix up to 2050 ad beyod

• ADBA Chif excutiv, Charlott morton – ADBA ad te AD

Iduty: te key dive, AD’ ole i te UK eegy mix ad

te picipal callege o te ext 12 mot

• Stuart Hayward-Higha, SITA – Wate collectio; ca it beceape to ouce-egegate ogaic wate?

• martin Brown or Dian Broohall, Granischr Lloyd –

Te iue uoudig ga ijectio ito te gid

• mik Orr, NOFCO (Natural Organic Frtilisr Copany): –

Digetate a a valuable poduct

• Cathrin Crouch, Tnns environntal – Te baie to

uig biometae a a tapot uel

Wo ould atted?ADBA brs, nd-usrs, farrs, acadics, supplirs,

local authoritis and AD, wast, watr, food, transport and

nrgy profssionals. For xcptional visitor rats, sponsorship

or advrtising packags and furthr inforation, contact

[email protected] www.adbioga.co.uk

AD: Maximiig

te value

Callig all membe >

You paticipatio i vital!The day before ADBA’s second National Conference,

ADBA will be holding its first general members’meeting. An opportunity to meet ADBA’s team, board

of directors and working groups chairs, find out what the Association is doing on behalf of its members and have yoursay on ADBA’s strategy. See Diary Dates on p21 for more details and tobook your place.

DECC ad Dea eed you iput ito te ADActio Pla nOW!

Meet and netwok witig quality AD pecic contact

hea te latet update and innovation fom aco te induty

Contibute you view at te induty event


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C O n f E r E n C E P r E V I E W

Edia – Stand 12

Highly efcient mWm gas enginesShowcasing th vry latst highly fcint mWm gasngins, edina UK has bn a rnwabl powr gnration

spcialist sinc 1985, with bass in Dublin, Lisburn, Cork

and manchstr. Known as th eU’s ladr for durability and

rliability, th latst mWm gas gnrators provid lctrical

fcincis of up to 43% and ovrall fcincis of up to

90%. Giving xcllnt prforanc on all fors of gas,

including natural gas, LPG and biogas, th mWm rang, for

which edina ar sol distributors in th UK and Irland, is

th undisputd gas ngin choic for AD custors. Fro

gas to disl powrd gnration, sals to hir, and sall

gnrators to full turnky projcts, edina’s ission is todlivr tailord solutions fcintly and on ti.

www.ediauk.com

Kik Eviometal – Stand 530 years experience in AD tanks

Kirk environntal is th UK’s lading spcialist in

th anufactur of larg storag tanks, AD tanks and

BIODOme® Doubl mbran Biogas Holdrs. W

spcialis in th succssful dlivry of projcts with

intrnationally rcognisd AD procss dsignrs. With ovr

30 yars of worldwid installation xprinc, arning an

unrivalld rputation through yars of succssful projct

copltions, Kirk environntal’s in-hous ddicatd

ta offrs th highst lvls of support fro dsign toconstruction, whilst ting all UK standards for halth &

safty, quality and nvironntal controls. KIRK is also th

only copany oprating within this spcialist ara to hav

consistntly aintaind UVDB Vrify Approval and is proud to

b a foundr br of ADBA. Visit us at Stand nubr 5 at

th ADBA National Confrnc.

www.kik-eviometal.com

Ladia – Stand 10

more than just ixers and pupsmixr and pup anufacturr Landia says it wants to round

off a highly succssful 2010 with a ky ssag at th ADBA

National Confrnc. “A yar on fro what was an xcllnt

rst vnt, w ar looking forward to sing what has bnlarnd,” says Landia’s Hugh Vaughan. “So copanis

invsting in AD hav alrady discovrd to thir cost that

thr is virtually no back-up srvic for th pups and

ixrs thy’v purchasd – or that whn buying fro a on-

stop shop, th all-iportant quipnt has bn sriously

undr-spcid in ordr to kp to th xd pric contract.”

Hugh adds: “W

look forward to

sharing rst-hand

xprinc in

providing ixrs

and pups thathlp ak biogas

plants prfor

proprly.”

www.ladia.co.uk

PlaET – Stand 9

Biogas plants of all sizesPlaneT Biogastchnik GbH ranks aongst th lading

biogas plant buildrs in Grany and europ. Th

copany’s portfolio of srvic covrs all lds of biogas

tchnology, fro dsign, planning and plant construction all

th way to th rnnt of biogas to natural gas quality,

aintnanc and biological support by our own laboratory.

PlaneT has alrady succssfully dsignd and built narly

200 biogas powr plants worldwid with sizs fro 40 kW

to svral mgawatts. With our ntwork of sals and srvic

partnrs in diffrnt parts of th UK PlaneT can aintain

good custor proxiity and availability countrywid.

Th rst PlaneT biogas plant in th UK is currntly undrconstruction and will b fully oprational in spring 2011.

Th far-basd plant will hav an lctrical capacity of 220kW

and digst broilr anur, aiz silag and cattl slurry.

T Jrry englbrcht +44(0) 1425 656466 /+44(0)7966 065583

www.plaet-bioga.com



mbr’ Nw & vw

Avoid gettig a

ock om youAD electicmany AD prjct c n lat and

r budt bcau f a lack f

undrtandn n th pwr upply

ndutry, thn that ADBA

br Rbnn & Lawlr, AD Cnnctn

Dlry spcalt, ar lkn t chan.

According to managing Dirctor StvnRobinson, two of th biggst lctrical

hurdls an AD oprator can fac ar gtting

th connction to th ain lctrical grid

organisd and co-ordinating th intrnal,

lowr voltag lctrics with th various

xtrnal, highr voltag works. As Stvn

xplains: “Unlss arly discussions ar hld

with th local distribution copany (usually

known as Distribution Ntwork Oprators

or DNOs) th various nds of all typs of

dvloprs can’t b balancd. Rgional

wir connctions can b affctd by wind,bioass, solar and othr various sall

scal projcts all trying to gt on to th

syst, copting for physical connction

capacity, ti, attntion, and odlling.”

Bfor bginning an AD projct, Stvn rconds

oprators tak not of ths insid tips:

1. Get you electical wok ad coectio tote gid cecked out ealy, peeably beoeplaig i ubmitted.

2. Iit o avig a igle cotact o youexteal ig voltage ad iteal low voltagewok. Poject ca be delayed ueceailyby epoibility beig paed betweedieet upplie.

3. seek to obtai attactive tage paymet omall you upplie - you do’t eed to makelage upot paymet. howeve eac DnO i aepaate compay, o be pepaed o dieetageemet aco te UK.

4. Be pepaed to callege te DnO uig aidepedet pecialit, i tey ay tat teelectical etwok eed upgadig i youaea. Alo, detemie i a dieet outig ocoectio poit could be poible. netwoke-eocemet migt be a a eult o otepoject, o ealy egagemet ad willigeto egotiate ae eceay.

5. Te quote you obtai om te DnO ouldbe plit ito o-cotetable ad cotetablewok. Te o-cotetable elemet ca oly becaied out by te DnO. Te cotetable wokae ope to idepedet pecialit. Tee

pecialit ca elp you to eiouly keep dowbot you time ad cot, i additio to givigyou moe cotol ove ti pat o you poject.

AD UPGRADe FORWeLSH WATeR PLANT

Th eign swag tratnt works at Hrford is on of a

urry of nw AD plants installd by edina UK this yar.Th Wlsh Watr (Dwr Cyru) plant prviously opratd a

standard swag digstion plant with two sall gnration units

but as part of an upgrad, an Advancd AD plant has bn installd

and th original gnration plant has bn dcoissiond. This

nw plant will produc or gas and as part of th projct, two

717kW units wr installd, plus a wast hat boilr which uss

ngin xhaust hat to produc sta. Ths units wr supplid by

edina to Itch, th procss contractor, with monsal providing th

enhancd enzyic Hydrolysis (eeH) high rat hydrolysis AD unit.

It’s alrady bn a fantastic yar for ADBA br edina, on-sit

powr gnration spcialists for ovr 25 yars, who hav so farinstalld alost 39mW of nvironntally frindly gnration

quipnt using gas powrd ngins fro mWm of mannhi,

Grany, for who edina ar th sol authorisd distributor in th

UK and Irland. Currntly undr construction ar nw gnration,

houshold wast AD projcts for Anglian Watr, Lancashir Wast,

Gratr manchstr Wast and Biffa Wast managnt, as wll

as furthr projcts including food wast for Branston Potatos,

CHP units for Cranld Univrsity, Vital enrgy at Blackpool’s

Victoria hospital and a coission for th nw BBC TV studios

at mdia City, manchstr. Although iprssiv, this is just thbginning as th driv for grnr and or conoic sourcs of

nrgy gathrs ontu in both th public and privat sctors.

www.ediauk.com

Te Eig ADplat i ow upad uig

To rciv a FRee writtn Grid

Viability Assssnt for your projct go to www.coectiodeliveypecialit.co.uk



Cllruptor tchnology st to boost watr industry

Th rst corcial installation

of cll-disintgration tchnology

Cllruptor will soon b valuatd

at Yorkshir Watr’s esholt WWTW nar

Bradford. A potntially larg incras

in gas gnration will b analysd, with

th tchnology xpctd to incras

gas yild by up to 40% fro surplusactivatd sludg, or 12% fro th total

sludg stra.

Cllruptor is a discrt tratnt procss

that is low on nrgy, sipl to install and

oprat and can b rtrottd into xisting

digstion facilitis, as wll as grn

ld sits. It aks Scondary Activatd

Sludg or rcptiv to digstion

and draatically iprovs th procss

conoics of AD - th rduction of volatil

solids incrass ovrall gas gnration

without th nd for larg nrgyrquirnts or coplx quipnt. It

also ans thr is lss digstd sludg

to b stord, transportd and disposd of,

nabling additional oprational savings and

fcincis to b ad.

Th intrnational rights to th Cllruptor

tchnology ar hld by ADBA br

eco-Solids Intrnational, whos

managing Dirctor, Cliv Rigdn,

nthuss: “Watr copanis and AD

oprators will soon s rsults that

ar ipossibl to ignor – rsults that

w bliv will b vry bncial to thbotto lin of thir businsss. W ar

looking forward to sing th data fro

our rst UK Cllruptor installation and

th widr roll-out of this tchnology.”

www.ecoolid.com

Th organisation alrady offrs a 50%

discount for th rst two yars for any AD

plants rgistring with th bfor th nd

of 2010, but will b providing an xtra 5%

discount for ADBA brs only.

OF&G provid th inspction and

crtication of biofrtilisr to PAS (Publicly

Availabl Spcication) 110 and th Quality

Digstat Protocol undr th Biofrtilisr

Crtication Sch (BCS), on bhalf

of Rnwabl enrgy Assuranc Ltd,

a subsidiary of th Rnwabl enrgy

Association. To achiv succssful

crtication, facilitis producing digstat

will nd to t th rquirnts of th

BCS with rgard to inputs, procsss and

th biofrtilisr producd.

BIOFeRTILISeR CeRTIFICATION –

DIsCOUnT fOr ADBA MEMBErs!

Whr digstat is producd to this quality

standard, vryon can hav condnc

that its us as biofrtilisr is saf and has

bn chckd by an approvd body. Th

bnts of going through this procss

ar that th digstat rsulting fro ADcan safly b usd by farrs as a good

sourc of sustainabl frtilisr, as dtaild

in th BCS wbsit: “If a biogas plant

ts th standard, its digstat will b

rgardd as having bn fully rcovrd

and to hav casd to b wast, and it can

b dspatchd to th custor undr th

sybol ‘biofrtilisr’.”

Andigstion’s Dvon-basd Holsworthy

plant will b aong th rst to coplt

crtication and Oprations Dirctor,

Jak Prior, conts: “W’r hopful

that w will soon achiv our crtication

to PAS 110 and th Quality Digstat

Protocol, which bnts us in trs of

rducing adinistration and providing

an indpndnt approval of th quality of

our procsss and th safty of th nd

digstat. It’s an iportant stp for th

public trust in digstat output.”

www.ogaicame.og.uk

Yokie Wate’Eolt WWTW

Th oranc Farr & grwr (oF&g) ha rcntly jnd

th rwn rank f ADBA br and, a uch, ar ffrn

a hu 55% dcunt t fllw br ff th ct f th tal

PAs 110 crtcatn fr bfrtlr.

Te PAs110 ceticatio will euepublic tut i digetate



mbr’ Nw & vw

Swdish tchnology ais to

rvolutionis digstat anagntTh anant f dtat fr AD plant prnt a ral

challn t any prjct. Whl dtat ffr a nutrnt rch

frtlr f bnt t arcultur, t xpn t handl and

ana, ftn rqurn ntnt n xpn bulk tra and

dtrbutn nfratructur.

Howvr, according to Grg Hilton of

Bidwlls a nw tchnology has bn

dvlopd which convrts th digstat

into valuabl, asily arktd products:

bioass ful and frtilisr. This patntd

tchnology, known as th ‘GG eco Box’, is

dlivrd by Anglo-Swdish copany GG

eco, who ar partnrd by ADBA foundr

br Bidwlls Agribusinss to

introduc th tchnology to th UK. Two

valuabl outputs ar drivd fro th

digstat - a granulatd biofrtilisr with

consistnt lvls of nitrogn, phosphat

and potassiu (which can b sold as

a copound blnd or as a straight

nitrogn and PK frtilisr sparatly),

and a plltisd bioass ful. Th

biofrtilisr can b usd as a substitut

for convntional synthtic frtilisrs in

agricultur and horticultur, whil th

bioass ful can b usd in bioass

boilrs for hat and/or powr production.

Th GG eco Box tchnology can b

locatd clos to th sourc of th wast

to b procssd, bringing a nubr of

advantags. Firstly, it rducs th transport

ti, cost and nvironntal ipact of

oving wast atrials ovr long distancs

and scondly, it allows th tchnology to

b installd in a nubr of locations in

a rlativly short tifra, as it dos

not involv th lngthy planning and

iplntation procsss associatd with

ajor wast procssing facilitis.

To nd out or contact Grg Hilton

T +44 (0)1223 559466

e [email protected]

Digetate toage



grnnt & Ancy Nw

WRAP to xain attituds to digstat

Th UK’ rt bthan t

rd plant tartd njctn

a nt th lcal dtrbutn

ntwrk at Ddct, oxfrdhr,

lat nth.

WRAP has joind forcs

with Dfra to iplnt

a nationwid st of ld

xprints, to xain th ipact

of digstat us in agricultur. A

rang of soil typs, crop rotations and

gographical locations hav bn built

into th progra and asurnts

will includ nitrogn rlas

charactristics, crop yild and quality,

crop safty, soil quality and grnhous

gas issions fro rciving soils. Th

work is schduld for copltion in

march 2014 and also includs a dtaild

dissination plan, which will provid

inforation on agronoic bntsdirctly to industry. Tn agricultural

collgs will tak part, with cours

atrials and othr tools bing providd

to train th nxt gnration of farrs

and growrs in digstat us.

WRAP is also looking to undrstand and

assss prcivd risks fro th us of

digstats and to dvlop clar tools for

anaging any such risks via a String

Group and consultation. Basd on th

undrstanding of any risk and fdback

fro industry partnrs, a ‘Biofrtilisr

matrix’ will b dvlopd that clarly

prsnts how diffrnt digstats can b

usd in diffrnt sctors, with th nal

output bing a sris of sctor-spcic

guidanc nots. For furthr inforation,or to participat in th String Group or

consultation procss, plas contact David

Topkins, Agricultur Dlivry managr.

e [email protected]

OFGem ImPROVeSINCeNTIVeSAPPLICATION PROCeSS

To accelerate its application process, Ofgem

has published a template for AD generatorsaccessing the RO/FiT schemes, which aims tospeed up the application process for AD stations. www.ofgem.gov.uk

A free biofertiliser guide, covering all aspects of digestate use, has been produced by theInternational Energy Association, with support from the CLA: www.iea-biogas.net/Dokumente/Task37_Digestate_brochure9-2010.pdf

hsE uppot biometae to

gid plat

Ji Stancliff, Acting Hm Principal

Inspctor, conts: “HSe workd closly

with th projct dvloprs to nsur that

th tchnology was safly nabld andthat local gas consurs can bnt fro

locally producd gas, fro rnwabl

sourcs.” Th plant is a joint vntur

btwn Scotia Gas Ntworks, Thas

Watr and Cntrica and will dlivr gas

anufacturd by th AD of swag.

Although th biothan producd at

Didcot ay hav an oxygn contnt of up to

2% (copard with th liit of 0.2% st by

th Gas Safty managnt Rgulations),

HSe is satisd that thr is no incrasd

risk to ithr gas consurs or th public.

“As a rsult,” xplains Ji, “HSe issud anxption to Scotia Gas Ntworks to allow

biothan to b convyd in a liitd ara

around th plant.”

HSe has also coissiond GL Nobl

Dnton to undrtak a rviw of th risks

arising fro th convyanc and us of

biothan and othr non-convntional

sourcs of gas, which will b ad publicly

availabl aftr copltion in Dcbr.

www.e.gov.uk/ga/upply/

iomatio.tm

Te Didcotbiometae to gidplat, italled byCeteeld Bioga

EA TAKEs POsITIVEsTEPs fOr ADUntil 29 November, the Environment Agency(EA) is consulting on amending its standard

permit for on-farm AD so that the distancecriteria from dwellings is measured fromthe biogas engine stack, rather than the

AD activities. The Agency welcomes clearevidence from industry on whether thedistance criteria can be reduced further. TheEA has also produced a regulatory positionstatement on burning biogas which occursnaturally from slurry stores, stating that itdoes not consider utilisation of such gas

to be a fuel manufactured from waste.The biogas combustion appliance doesnot therefore require an environmental

permit unless it has a net rated thermalinput of 20MW or more. The Agency is alsofinalising a regulatory position statementallowing the seeding of AD plants with waste

without additional permitting requirements, particularly relevant where the feedmaterials to the AD are all non-wastes.https://consult.environment-agency.

gov.uk/portal/



BIOmeTHANe FUeL - STILL JUST A GReeNDReAm FOR UK mOTORISTS?

Biothan, th gas ad by

dgrading organic atrials, is

th ost nvironntally frindly

ful in th world. Chically idntical to

natural gas, th only diffrnc btwn

th two ful sourcs is that biothan

is a ‘rnwabl’ natural gas. Across th

world an avrag of thr nw natural

gas lling stations ar opnd vryday yt thr ar barly a handful in th

UK. Copar this to othr europan

countris, such as Grany whr thr

ar ovr 1100 and Italy whr thr ar

or than 700, or to Pakistan, whr

ovr half of all vhicls run on natural

gas and thr ar in xcss of 3000 lling

stations, and it’s clar that Britain has a

lot of catching up to do.

Biothan is cratd by capturing th

than givn off by dcaying organicatrials which would othrwis turn into

harful grnhous gasss signicantly

or nvironntally daaging than

carbon dioxid. Whil this is rason

Yt Stuart Hayward-Higha, Tchnical

Dirctor of SITA UK Ltd, a rcycling and

rsourc anagnt copany, blivs

that Govrnnt is awar of th bnts

of biothan as a transport ful but is

struggling ovr how bst to intgrat ful

production and incntivis its us, which

is far or coplx and difcult than

th rlativly sipl grn lctricity togrid. “Th UK has historically laggd in

th dvlopnt of grn nrgy and has

thus far focusd on th ‘asy win’ grn

lctricity schs,” xplains Stuart.

“much of our biological wast gos to

landll and w hav dvlopd a signicant

landll gas to lctricity sctor on th back

of this. This is to th dtrint of grn

gas and although Govrnnt is sking to

addrss this through th Rnwabl Hat

Incntiv (RHI) and Rnwabl Transport

Fuls Obligation (RTFO), th productionof lctricity is still favourd.” Th Carbon

Trust has rcntly statd that biothan

could produc doubl th contribution to

cliat chang targts by 2020 copard

Bthan a a tranprt ful

nough to prsuad ost of us to switch

fro or traditional ful sourcs, th

gas also rducs xhaust issions and

nois pollution, particularly for urban

aras - gas powrd buss ar 50% lss

noisy than thos which run on disl. It’s

also a chapr sourc of ful, rnwabl

and sustainabl.

So why arn’t w all rushing to ll up at

our local biothan station? For any

within th industry, th fault lis with

Govrnnt’s lack of ncouragnt

or incntiv. According to Organic

Powr’s Christophr maltin, chairan

of this yar’s Global Biogas Congrss, in

countris whr biothan and natural

gas as a ful sourc hav rally takn

off, Govrnnt has bn at th hart

of th rvolution: “many countris hav

bannd ptrol and disl-powrd bussfro city cntrs, aking signicant

iprovnts to air quality, whilst th

air quality in any UK citis is worsning

and actually xcds lgal liits.”

Will te UK ally get te

‘Bug’ o biometae?



to lctricity gnration. Or as Christophr

maltin puts it: “If Govrnnt is rallysrious about rducing grnhous

gas issions and iproving urban air

quality, ncouraging th us of biogas

for gnrating lctricity is not th ost

ffctiv policy to bring this about.”

many critics of th Govrnnt’s

attitud towards biothan for

vhicl ful bla th RTFO for, in

ffct, disincntivising its us. Whil

Stuart Hayward-Higha disagrs, h

dos concd that it crtainly hasn’t

incntivisd th procss. Stuart xplains:“Th RTFO has a dirct link fro th

sustainability of production to th valu of

th incntiv paid. For xapl, undr an

RTFO contract, a farr growing aiz

for an AD plant would nd to tak car

of th nvironntal cost of production

or ls h, or th AD plant gas producr,

ay suffr a lowr incntiv. Howvr,

undr th Rnwabls Obligation, Fd-in

Tariff or RHI, th sustainability tsts hav

littl if any nancial ipact and, as such,

th farr and ful usr tak no risk onth sustainability of production.”

A clar solution to th confusion

surrounding th various incntivs

would b to nsur that ach for

of nrgy production is incntivisd

according to its nvironntal ipactand sustainability of production. In this

way, bing th ost nvironntally

frindly ful and on of th ost

sustainabl sourcs of rnwabl

nrgy, biothan as a transport ful

would rciv a highr lvl of support

and would b activly prootd byGovrnnt. Until that ti arrivs,

it’s lft to chapions such as SITA and

Organic Powr to try and ducat th UK

Govrnnt as to what can b achivd.

The Bio-Bug is believed to be the UK’s firstcar to run on methane gas generated fromhuman waste. Waste flushed down the

toilets of just 70 homes is enough to powerthe adapted VW Beetle for year, based on anannual mileage of 10,000 miles. MohammedSaddiq of sustainable firm GENeco says:“At the moment we are using waste flusheddown the toilets in homes in Bristol to powerthe Bio-Bug, but it won’t be long beforethe energy will also be generated throughthe treatment of food waste when we startrecycling it at our sewage works.” ADBAchief executive Charlotte Morton adds: “Thisis a very exciting and forward-thinking

project demonstrating the myriad benefitsof anaerobic digestion. Using biomethanein transport is one of the most efficient usesof biogas generated through AD. Processing

food waste and sewage sludge in this way also preserves valuable nutrients such as nitrogenand phosphorus. We are delighted to see suchingenuity and commitment to maximisingthe potential of AD from the water industry.”

Ray Collington, Fleet Engineer for John Lewisand Waitrose, visited BiogenGreenfinch’sMilton Ernest site recently, to witness a lorrybeing refuelled with biomethane from food waste

processed at the AD plant. “Using biomethane from food wasteto fuel vehicles issomething that

we’re alreadytrialling at JohnLewis and we’llshortly be using

at Waitrose too,”comments Ray.The biomethane

produced is from food waste from Waitrose, Whitbread,Sainsbury’s andlocal restaurantsand authorities.

BiogenGreenfinch Chief Executive, RichardBarker, enthuses: “Soon, the lorries which bring

food waste here can refuel on the biomethane we produce before they leave. It would be a wonderful virtuous circle for our customers.”

Britain’s biothan pionrs...

In Yorkshire, Chesterfield BioGas hassupplied the biomethane gas filling station andassociated equipment to enable Sheffield CityCouncil and Veolia Environmental Servicesto launch the UK’s largest fleet of gas-fuelled

vehicles. The recycling and waste collectionlorries run on CNG but are intending torun on biomethane in the near future. It isestimated that the vans have cut CO2 emissionsby around 80% and saved 35% on the cost of

refueling comparedto conventional dieselequivalents. CouncilLeader, Paul Scriven,explains: “Our vanshave done the samejobs as the diesel

vehicles over the last six

months, but withoutthe emissions that spoilthe environment.”Camden Council isalso investigating the

possibility of usingbiomethane to powertheir vehicles.

food wate i

ow uellig Jo

Lewi’ veicle

seeld Coucil lauc te UK’ laget ga-uelled eet


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A plat opeato’ guide to ABPrAD pratr wh u anal by-prduct n

thr fdtck huld b awar f th currntAnal By-Prduct Rulatn (ABPR),

accrdn t Da Auty f nrnntal and

nnrn cnultancy AmeC entc.

“Ths rgulations covr th us and/or disposal of any wasts

that contain at or anial by-products that ar not intndd for

huan consuption. Thir intntion is to protct huan halth

fro th thrat posd by such atrials and thy ar of particular

intrst to AD oprators bcaus thy contain th national

standards for AD plants that trat such atrials,” xplains Dav.

Anial by-products (ABP) ar classid into thr catgoris

undr th ABPR 2005 (SI 2005 No. 2347):

Categoy 1 – Highst risk atrials and intrnational catring

wast. This atrial cannot b tratd using AD and nds to b

incinratd or rndrd.

Categoy 2 – High risk ABP. This atrial cannot b tratd using

AD unlss it has bn prssur cookd to th europan Standard

(133oC/3 bar/20 inuts).

Categoy 3 – Low risk ABP. This atrial can b tratd via

a nubr of routs including AD. This atrial includs raw

at that had bn intndd for huan consuption, crtain

abattoir wast, ggs and othr by-products that show no signs

of transissibl disas. All UK-drivd catring wast fro

kitchns whr at and non at fractions ar cobind

is also covrd as Catgory 3 atrial, as ar forr foods

and crtain cookd wast fro food factoris. Catring wast

ay b tratd according to national rathr than eU ruls (s

ABPR 2005 Schdul 1 part ll paras 1 and 4). Thr ar a fw

anoalis, for xapl ilk, that hav spcic rquirnts

dtaild in th rgulations.

Te ABPr ae of paticula inteet to

AD opeato becaue tey contain te

national tandad fo AD plant tat

teat uc mateial.”

Dave Auty, AMEC Etec

Howvr, in ordr to trat Catgory 3 atrial, an AD facility ust b

approvd by Anial Halth and t th following rquirnts:

1. Pasturisation: th ABP wast ust hav a axiu particl

siz of 12 and b hld at 70oC for 1 hour. Altrnativly, th

pasturisation can tak plac in th digstr if it is hld at 57oC

for 5 hours and has a particl siz of lss than 50

2. Trat atrials idiatly

3. Hav clanabl and lockabl rcption aras

4. Th pasturisation stag ust b includd within th plant

and ust b of th non-bypass typ, unlss th ti and

tpratur rquirnt can b t within th AD ractor

5. Incorporat procdurs basd on Hazard Analysis and Critical

Control Points (HACCP) in ordr to idntify and valuat critical

control points6. Oprat strict hygin conditions including for vhicl

ovnt and physical sparation of clan and dirty aras or

any snsitiv adjacnt land uss

7. Rcord and donstrat pathogn kill procdurs, pst control

asurs, claning procdurs and hav hygin inspctions

docuntd

8. monitor, sapl, rcord and chck Critical Control Points

9. ensur that all quipnt is in good working ordr and that all

asurnt quipnt is calibratd annually

10. Carry out icrobiological sapling

11. Th AD plant handling ABP atrial should not b locatd on

th sa priss as livstock

Whn plants hav bn approvd, digstat can b sprad on

land as rgulatd by th ABPR. “Whr that land is pasturland,

livstock ust not b allowd accss to land on which digstat

has bn applid, or fd anything croppd fro such land, for thr

wks, ight wks in th cas of pigs,” adviss Brnda Fostr,

ABP Vtrinary Srvics managr of Anial Halth. “This is in

conjunction with th rquirnts for land sprading of digstat

undr th environntal Pritting Rgulations and th PAS 110.”

AD dvloprs should b awar that as wll as th rgulations, th

prcis rquirnts undr ABPR ar sit-spcic and thrfor

arly discussions with Anial Halth ar ssntial.

For furthr inforation, and to nd out th iplications of th nw

Dostic ABP enforcnt Rgulations which co into ffct

fro 4 march 2011, contact your local Anial Halth ofc

www2.dea.gov.uk/ood-am/bypoduct/

or e: [email protected]



Maize wa give zeo valuei te fiT calculatio

POLICY UPDATe: ADBA’ Matt hidle

yu th lwdwn n latt

grnnt plcy

SPeNDING ReVIeW

LeAVeS QUeSTIONSUNANSWeReD

Th biggst rcnt political nws

for AD has bn th outco of

th Spnding Rviw. Although AD

buckd th gnral trnd by

coing out with a good nws story, thr is

still frustration that th tariff lvls hav

not yt bn st. In th announcnt, th

Chancllor conrd that a Rnwabl

Hat Incntiv will b brought in nxt

yar, although DeCC hav told ADBAthat thy hop to announc th lvl of

th tariff paid to hat producrs by th

nd of 2010.

ADBA lobbis Agncis

to safguard AD’s futur

DECC – During a sris of tings with ky playrs in DeCC, th

Association continud to push Govrnnt to rcognis th uniqu

rol that AD will play in ting UK targts fro rnwabl nrgy

for cliat chang and rsourc prsrvation. ADBA is calling

for highr tariff lvls than originally proposd and an xtra 25%

priu for arly adoptrs, to facilitat th funding procss. In

othr nws, DeCC is continuing a projct to odl futur nrgyus and production; th ‘2050 Pathways Analysis’. Th initial

odl containd vry littl dtail on th assuptions ad for

bionrgy and ADBA has rqustd that th Dpartnt adds or

inforation about how thy s spcic industris dvloping. ADBA

will t with ofcials to xplor th assuptions for AD.

Dea – In rspons to Dfra’s wast collction consultation, ADBA

subittd a rspons calling for sparatd collction of food wast,

and for organic wast to b bannd fro landll and prioritisd

for AD. Watr rgulator Ofwat is undr rviw at Dfra, which

could hav iportant iplications for th futur of AD in th watr

industry. Th rgulator itslf will b going to consultation in April

2011 to sk conts on, aong othr things, th drgulation of

th watr industry’s us of its AD assts.

healt ad saety Executive (hsE) – ADBA is working with th HSe

to look at changs to Schdul 3 of th Gas Safty (managnt)

Rgulations, which govrns th quality and coposition of gas which

Get ivolved ow! >

• Government consultations remain open on issues includingEnvironmental Permitting and waste to land regulations.Members wishing contribute to ADBA’s response should contactMatt Hindle, ADBA’s Policy and Information Advisor,T +44 (0)203 176 0591 E [email protected]

• To read more about ADBA’s response to Defra’s waste collection

consultation, see our feature on p4.

• All of the Association’s consultation responses are available at www.adbiogas.co.uk

ADBA ubmitted a epoe callig

o epaated collectio o ood wate,

ad o ogaic wate to be baed

om ladll ad pioitied o AD.

can b injctd into th gas grid. Ths rgulations wr writtn in

1996 and wr basd ntirly on th coposition of North Sa gas.

For xapl, th oxygn contnt of piplin gas has to b lss than

0.2% - uch lowr than th 3% liit in Grany, which has th

highst biothan gas to grid capacity in europ. National Grid has

alrady statd that it is in favour of anding th rgulations. Th

iportanc of aking this chang should not b undrstiatd.

A europan dirctiv rquirs that “biogas and gas fro bioass

or othr typs of gas ar grantd non-discriinatory accss to th

gas syst, providd such accss is pranntly copatibl with

th rlvant tchnical ruls and safty standards.” This sipl

andnt could b vitally iportant in bringing or gas to grid

AD plants onlin.

Euopea Commiio - Th europan Coission is xpctd

to bring forward a counication on th futur of th Coon

Agricultural Policy aftr 2013, which will b a ky opportunity to

chang faring policy across th continnt. ADBA will lobby for a

nw grn focus and support for fars to brac AD tchnology.


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Now nubring 11, ADBA’s inuntial working groupsrprsnt vry aspct of th AD sctor and ar abl

to ak a ral diffrnc whr it attrs ost. B

it liaising with Govrnnt Agncis to shap futur policy or

lobbying banks to ncourag lnding within th sctor, thir

activitis as a collctiv afford th gratr powr than would

othrwis hav bn achivd and nabls th to driv th

industry forward. At a ti whn grat strids ar bing takn

within th sctor, it is vitally iportant that vry br has

thir say and brs fro copanis of all sizs ar thrfor

ncouragd to contact th rlvant Chair for or dtails of th

nxt ting.

Plaig ad Pemittig

Th environnt Agncy providd th Group with an updat on

consultations rgarding environntal Pritting Rgulations,

supporting changs that would an biogas fro AD plants

is no longr rgulatd as a wast drivd ful. If adoptd,

this will incras th AD thrshold for pritting of CHP

(cobind hat & powr) fro 3 mW to 20mW thral input.

Th Group proposd that a widr dnition of AD b includd

in th Rgulations, so that all AD plants would bnt fro

xclusion fro rgulation undr sction 1.2 (production of gas),

not just thos that rcovr digstat. Th Group also discussd

providing vidnc to th eA to support a rduction in th

distanc to rcptors for AD Standard Ruls. Th nxt ting

is schduld for arly 2011.

Cai mark Bdford, Wardll Arstrong

T +44 (0)845 111 7777

E [email protected]

Poce ad Tecical

mbrs of th Procss and Tchnical Group hav a shard

and coon intrst in UK lgislation and policy affcting thdvlopnt, construction and opration of AD plants. Th

Group has two priary functions; rstly, to fd back into ADBA

brs’ concrns and thoughts on arkt inuncs and

scondly, to lobby and inunc nw and xisting Govrnnt

policy. Th Group also provids a foru for dsignrs and

procss nginrs to discuss issus of utual intrst and

provids support to brs for all tchnical quris. It covrs

any aras of intrst, fro lgislation affcting th dsign of

a plant to an unbiasd viw of tchnologis currntly availabl

and in dvlopnt. Th Group’s nxt ting is du to tak

plac arly nxt yar.

Cai Dorian Harrison, monsal

T +44 (0)1623 412108

E [email protected]

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Wokig goup pe o eal cageAgicultue

Following a WRAP updat, th Group agrd that ADBA ust

work closly with suprarkts to iplnt stratgis for

th us of digstat on land whr frsh produc is grown.

mtings with banks conrd that all ar kn to lnd within

th AD sctor, although uncrtainty ovr changs to subsidis

is of concrn. equally, banks nd to build a knowldg bas

in th sctor. Th environnt Agncy outlind th status of

oprational prits within th UK – 11 hav bn issud this

yar, with a furthr 17 within th application procss and 37 in

th pr-application stag. It is hopd that, givn DeCC’s rcnt

announcnt, a solution can b found for th copatibility ofRDPe grants with FiT/ROCs. Th nxt ting will tak plac in

arly Dcbr.

Cai Grg Hilton, Bidwlls

T +44 (0)1223 841841

E [email protected]

Taiig ad saety

Th Training and Safty Working Group will considr th

rst drafts of th Coptnc Dcision Tr, currntly bing

rviwd by WAmITAB and euSkills, togthr with th training

availability apping xrcis bing undrtakn by WRAP

and CIWm. Th Group, who wr du to t as w wnt

to prss, will start to idntify th intgrity of currnt safty

guidanc associatd with acquiring, dvloping and oprating

AD facilitis. This work will draw on xisting and pnding

standards and xprinc dvlopd in th UK and abroad.

All aspcts of sit oprations will b considrd, fro rcipt

of wasts, xd and obil plant opration and aintnanc,

through to th storag of biothan, gnration of lctricity

and application of digstat to land.

Cai Trry Brownhill, AmeC entc T + 44(0)1606 354816

E [email protected]


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Wate & food

Following a succssful ting with rprsntativs fro

Watr UK, it was conrd that AD continus to b of ajor

intrst to th watr copanis, particularly th opportunitis

surrounding co-digstion of food wast. It was agrd that

bcaus of th bnt in co-ordinatd counication btwn

associations, a Watr UK rprsntativ would attnd futur

W&F Group tings whil ADBA’s Charlott morton would b

involvd with Watr UK’s Task & Finish Group. A ting with

Ofwat rvald that it was concrnd about th ipact on th

rst of th arktplac, wr any barrirs prvnting th watr

industry fro incrasing its AD invstnt to b rovd.

Ofwat propos a consultation in April 2011 and hav askd

ADBA for assistanc in coposing appropriat qustions. Th

Group plan to t again in January.

Cai Patrick Pirrpont, Hydr Consulting

T +44 (0)1453 731231 / +44 (0)7809 594523

E [email protected]

Bioolid ad Digetate

ADBA ar dlightd to announc th introduction of th nw

Biosolids and Digstat Working Group (BDWG). With digstat

foring such a hug lnt of th output of an AD plant

th Group’s work will b invaluabl, covring issus such as

th us of digstat in food production, anaging digstat

placnt around Nitrat-Vulnrabl Zons (NVZ), xtracting

a valu for th nutrint lnt within digstat basd on th

NPK (nitrogn, phosphorus and potassiu) valus and tackling

prcption issus fro food assuranc schs. Th Group’s

rst ting is du to tak plac arly nxt yar and brs

with a particular intrst or xprtis in digstat and biosolids

ar ncouragd to join by contacting ithr th Chair or ADBA’s

Charlott morton.

Cai mik Orr, NOFCO (Natural Organic Frtilisr Copany Ltd)

T +44 (0)1750 725736 / +44 (0)7976 132975

E [email protected]

NovemBeR 2010 | AD & BiogAs NeWs

stadad ad Acceditatio

In ordr to nsur bst practic within th AD and biogas

industris, a nw Working Group has bn stablishd. Th

Standards and Accrditation Working Group ais to support th

industry, idntifying and attnding to th nds and probls of

vry othr Working Group, giving guidanc through standardisd

working practics. As an rging industry, it is iprativ

that AD-spcic guidlins ar stablishd rgarding policy,

procssing, biogas, quipnt tsting, plant construction or

any othr aspct within th sctor, which in turn will lad to

Govrnnt Agncy-approvd accrditation. ADBA would lik to

invit thos with th rlvant xprinc or intrst to contact th

Chair for dtails of th Group’s rst ting.

Cai Aaya Arias Garcia, TeG

T +44 (0)7584 470732

E [email protected]

In addition to th abov, ADBA has rcntly stablishd four nw

Working Groups:

Bioga to Electicity

Biometae/Ga to Gid

Biouel

feedtock

Onc th AD Action Plan has bn draftd, ADBA will b working

with DeCC, Dfra, environntal Srvics Association (eSA),

enrgy Ntworks Association (eNA) and th Rnwabl enrgy

Association (ReA) to dtrin th rit of ths groups and

how thy can contribut to th growth of th AD industry.

A a emegig iduty, it i

impeative tat AD-pecic guidelie

ae etablied egadig policy,poceig, bioga, equipmet tetig,

plat cotuctio o ay ote apect

witi te ecto, wic i tu will

lead to Govemet Agecy-appoved

acceditatio.


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ADBA brship rachs nw hightsWth th tart f ADBA’ nw brhp yar th ttal nubr fbr ha nw rachd an pr 170!

new membe

• Aardvark em Ltd

• AroThral Group

• Agrico

• Air Quality Consultants Ltd

• Antli enrgy

• BD Agro Rnwabls

• BioConstruct

• BioG Uk• Biogas Hochritr UK Ltd

• Briggs and Forrstr

• Buchan Powr

• CH4 Powr Ltd

• CSO Tchnik Ltd

• Dadalus Capital Liitd

• Donaldson Filtration

• Drssr-Rand Copany Ltd CHP Solutions

• eco-Prospct Ltd

• Fm Bionrgy

• Forst Bio

• GG eco Solutions

• Grnwatt Tchnology

• Haigh enginring Copany Ltd

• Hat and Powr Srvics Ltd

• Hitch Instrunt

• Howard Knndy

• Huttons North east Ltd

• Itch Procss Ltd

• InSourc enrgy• Intrsrv

• IPS Flow Systs

• Laurnc Gould Partnrship Ltd

• mayr Brown Intrnational LLP

• micron Bio Systs Ltd

• mothrwll Bridg Ltd

• Nw Gnration Biogas Ltd

• Organic Farrs & Growrs Ltd

• Organic Powr

• Paqus BV

• Patrick Nolan Consulting

• Pick evrard

• Progn

• RFood UK (PDm Group)

• Robinson & Lawlor

• Rowan Hous Ltd

• RUR3 environntal

• Schack Biogas Ltd

• Spx UK Ltd

• Spirax Sarco• Sustainabl Rsourcs Solutions

• Swancot enrgy Ltd

• Tnns environntal

• Th environnt Agncy

• Th Pall Ring Copany

• Univrsity of Northapton

• W2 Grn enrgy Liitd

• Walkr Rsourc managnt

• Whrl environntal

• WeLtc Biopowr

Membe’ Luceo ia etwokig ucce!

Th Octobr mbrs’ Lunchon was anothr grat

succss fro both a businss and plasur point of viw.

As Stphn mcCulloch, Businss Dvlopnt managr

at Chstrld Biogas contd: “Th lunchon was of ral

bnt, offring grat opportunitis to t high quality clints

and to ntwork. Th spch by DeCC’s Dr Liz mcDonnll gav

vrybody a positiv prspctiv for th futur of AD and th RHI.”

Dr Liz mcDonnll’s ngaging spch on th AD action plan

xplaind th ky structur of th plan, whr thy wr looking

for industry involvnt and how ADBA brs could fd into

this. Grant Ashton, an xprt carbon tradr on th opportunitis in

grn gas trading, also prsntd a proposal for a Biogas Crdit

sch, consisting

of a tradabl crdit

for gas injctd

to th grid which

would phasis

th industry’s grncrdntials and

provid an xtra

rvnu stra for

biogas producrs.

WeLCOme NeWADBA DIReCTOR

Richard Barkr, Chif

excutiv Ofcr of

BiognGrnnch, has

rcntly joind th ADBA board

of dirctors and brings with hi

a walth of plant building and

nancial xprinc:

“As th CeO of BiognGrnnch

I can bring th unparallld

xprinc of th UK’s lading AD buildr and oprator to

ADBA and its brs. BiognGrnnch has built 13 AD

plants for both th far and food wast AD sctors. It also

oprats thr ddicatd food wast AD plants which count a

rang of local authoritis and food rtailrs as its custors.

Furthror, BiognGrnnch has bn at th forfront of

dning th PAS110 spcications for AD digstat. Having

prviously workd, intr alia, in invstnt banking and

having raisd both quity and dbt nanc, I hav a strongundrstanding of th challngs of funding AD and hop

that I can hlp stablish a nancially robust sctor that will

contribut to th UK’s rnwabl nrgy targts”.



Chairman, Lord Rupert Redesdale

T + 44 (0)203 176 0503 E [email protected] Chief Executive, Charlotte Morton

T + 44 (0)203 176 0503 E [email protected]

Sales & Marketing Manager , Louise Wallace

T +44 (0)203 176 0592 E [email protected]

Marketing Executive, Annika Herter


PA to Chairman and Chief Executive, Rosaline Hulse


Policy and Information Advisor , Matt Hindle


Finance, Bruce Nelson Director of Compass Renewables T +44 (0)1732 464495 E [email protected]

Finance, Susanne Thomas Founding Partner of Ennismore

Partners LLP T +44 (0)1732 464495

AD & Biogas News Editor , Kirsty Sharpe

T +44 (0)1920 821873 E [email protected]

TeamDIArY DATEs

new Team MembeHaving undertaken a Biological Enterprise module inhis third year at Durham University, where he studiedZoology, Matt developed an interest in marketing.

Apart from supporting Louise in copy writing, event

organisation and provision of member services , Matt’s natural designflair will be put to good use to create ADBA’s print and web basedmarketing materials.

Marketing Executive, Matthew Ireland


ADBA Membe’ Geeal Meetig (MGM)

mayr Brown, 201 Bishopsgat, LondonWhat is ADBA doing for you? Co and nd out at ADBA’s vry

rst mbrs’ Gnral mting, th day bfor th ADBA National

Confrnc. ADBA’s Chif excutiv and hr ta, ADBA’s board

of dirctors and its working groups’ chairs will prsnt ADBA’s

stratgy for th industry and th work that ADBA is doing on

bhalf of its brs. It will b th prfct opportunity for you

to giv your fdback, nd out how to gt th ost out of your

brship and ntwork with fllow brs. This brs-

only vnt is fr of charg and includs a light lunch and

rfrshnts. Plas not that until 1st Dcbr placs ar

liitd to on plac pr br copany.

Book onlin at: www.adbamgm2010.evetbite.com

ADBA natioal Coeece 2010 Wstinstr (London)

Th highlight at th nd of an vntful and hopful yar for th

British biogas industry will b th ADBA National Confrnc 2010.

Packd with inforation, ntworking and opportunitis for fd-in

and discussion, ADBA’s Dcbr Confrnc will dbat and

rviw th topics which ar pivotal to th AD industry raching its

potntial, including wast collction, biothan as a transport

ful, gas injction into th grid, and digstat as a valuabl product.

Not only will dlgats gt to har about th latst dvlopnts

and innovations in ths lds fro top industry xprts, but thy

will also rciv th chanc to contribut thir xprinc and

viws and to qustion top spakrs and rais th issus that thy

fl nd addrssing in focusd brakout sssions. To round off th

day attnds ar invitd to join th ta for Christas drinks at

th post Confrnc drinks rcption. For furthr info or to book

dlgat placs plas contact: [email protected]

Eegy now Expo 2011malvrn Showground, Worcstrshir

Th enrgy Now expo is a two day xhibition and confrnc

showcasing th latst rnwabl nrgy tchnologis and srvics

availabl to farrs and landownrs. For furthr info plas visit

www.eegyowexpo.co.uk

Membe LuceoNorth of england

Th nxt ADBA brs’ lunchon

will b hld in th North of england.

This is a grat opportunity for

brs to ntwork with ach othrovr a dlicious thr cours al

and win. Furthr dtails will b

announcd shortly.

14 Dec

15 Dec

16-17feb

24 feb

UK AD & BIOGAs 2011 –Bigge ad Bette! NeC (Biringha)

eight onths to go and xhibition spac for th follow-up show

of UK AD & Biogas 2010 is slling fast! Aftr UK AD & Biogas

2010 ros to th top of biogas vnts in th UK, ADBA’s annual

trad show and confrnc in 2011 is going to b vn biggr

and bttr than this yar’s inaugural vnt. Du to th high

intrst fro both xhibitors and visitors th show oor in 2011

will b biggr and bttr with a gratr varity of top locations

availabl for you to proot your businss to a copltly

targtd audinc. With prfrntial xhibition rats for ADBA

brs and arkting opportunitis in th nwslttr and

show guid, th opportunity to larn or, sll or andinunc or should not b issd. For an up to dat oor

plan contact [email protected]. For confrnc

booking attnds should contact [email protected]

6-7July



ent

F

ast bcoing th UK’s prir AD and biogas annual

vnt, UK AD & BIOGAS 2011 is on cours to b vn

biggr and bttr than this yar’s inaugural vnt. Taking

plac at th NeC th two day show and confrnc ais to

both addrss th nds of thos working in th industry supply

chain and to stablish AD as th wast and nrgy solution

of th futur. Ovr th cours of th two day vnt, wast

anagrs, farrs, food anufacturrs, food rtailrs and

t copanis ar drawn to s th vry latst tchnology

and businss solutions fro quipnt supplirs, consultants,

nancirs, plant oprators, utility copanis and supporting

srvic providrs. Alongsid th xhibition, which houss or

sctor spcic supplirs than any othr UK vnt, a two-day

confrnc and sinar progra with high prol spakrs

and industry xprts will dbat th latst lgislation, ky issusand Govrnnt policy affcting th AD industry.

sell moeIf you’r in th AD and biogas

businss, add this show to

your exibitio diary! UK AD &

BIOGAS 2011 is a vital arkting

tool for supplirs wishing to

crat intrnational contacts

and t sctor-spcic visitors

with liv projcts including

biogas dvloprs, farrs, landanagnt rprsntativs,

local authoritis and individuals

fro th food, watr, wast and nrgy industris. If you issd

out last yar ak sur your sals ta is as busy as your

coptitors and join past xhibitors who xprincd an aazing

2010 show, including: AmeC entc, Bidwlls, Chstrld Biogas,

ecosolids Intrnational, edina, enpur, environnt Agncy,

Gas Data, HSe, HydroThan UK, Innco, Kirk environntal

Ltd, Landia, monsal, Ntzsch Pups, Pionr, Raboll, Rhau,

Schack, Spx, Syngnta, WRAP and Xrgi.

Iuece moeHigh prol spakrs, topical issus, and th chanc to joinso incrdibl dbats with thos who ak th dcisions on

industry policy hav provn to b a winning forula. It’s not just

about listning, th coeece will provid attnds with an

opportunity to xprss opinions,

idas and solutions to hlp ould

this nascnt industry which, in turn,

will st th dirction and stratgy

of th Association’s activitis.

Lea moeWhthr you ar intrstd in how

an AD plant works, want to nd out

about diffrnt typs, prforancand sizs of plant, or ar in th

planning stag and looking for advic

on funding, th procurnt of rputabl supplirs, biocrops,

fdstocks, biofuls, outlts for digstat, district hating systs

or grid connction, ee emia ad wokop will giv

practical and dtaild guidanc on vry aspct of AD.

Bigge ad Bette!

Make you ame yoymouwit AD & Bioga by pooigte iduty evet o te yea!UK AD & BIOGAS 2011 is th ost xciting, inforativ and

topical show of th yar. ADBA’s ability to dlivr high prol

spakrs, cutting dg progras and arkt lading

xhibitors guarants an vnt with opportunitis abound. By

taking advantag of our sponsorship and advrtising opportunitis

you will not only guarant your organisation’s plac within this

sctor but will put your copany had and shouldrs abov th

coptition. For or inforation on sponsorship and advrtising

opportunitis plas contact [email protected]

Book now! >

UK AD & BIOGAs, 6-7 July 2011,nEC (Bimigam)For the latest exhibitor floor plan and visitor information go to: www.adbiogas.co.uk Email: [email protected]

In tem of appointment quality, I can

onetly ay tat te UK AD & Bioga

2010 sow i te bet we’ve eve

done, it wa exceptional! We ad 22

olid lead on te t day, wic

in ou expeience of ote ow i

almot impoible to acieve.Jo Dodd, head o reewable o Ieco


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