Government signals further support for biogas

Defra has outlined how it believes more energy can be generated through anaerobic digestion technology.

The Developing an Anaerobic Digestion framework calls for a shared approach between government and industry, learning lessons from areas where AD technology is already established, such as the sewage industry and continental Europe.

It says farm-scale AD plants have a part to play in this strategy and recognises that some energy crop may be required in combination with slurries and that such crops can be grown as part of the normal agricultural rotation.


But, Defra says it is not going to encourage energy crop-based AD, particularly where these crops are grown to the exclusion of food crops.

“We see that there is scope for the expansion of rural scale AD plants that can utilise energy crops for renewable energy production, but we need to fully understand the impact of crop production systems on our ability to grow food crops.”


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