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Anaerobic digestion demonstration programme

To demonstrate how anaerobic digestion works on the ground, Hilary Benn announced on 18 February 2008 that Defra is making around £10M available from the Environmental Transformation Fund towards the construction of new demonstration plants. Ministers gave further details on 16 July 2008.

The Anaerobic Digestion Demonstration Programme is being delivered through a capital grant competition run by WRAP with assistance from the Carbon Trust. It will seek to fund between three and six projects that demonstrate the different benefits of anaerobic digestion.

Each successful project will demonstrate how ‘state of the art’ use of anaerobic digestion technology can make a significant contribution to achieving a number of cross cutting aims. Preferred bidders were announced on 8 June.

Page last modified: 16 June 2009
Page published: 17 February 2009