Farming - Environmental management: Climate change
Anaerobic Digestion in Agriculture
Workshop on Increasing the Uptake of Anaerobic Digestion (Exeter University, 3-4 September 2007)
On 3-4 September 2007, Defra held a workshop on how we can work with stakeholders to facilitate a faster uptake of anaerobic digestion in England at Exeter University. This was organised in collaboration with the Renewable Energy Association (REA), the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER) and the Country Land and Business Association (CLA). The aim was to help identify what now needs to be done to achieve our goal of stimulating markets for anaerobic digestion and its products, and to address the administrative and technical challenges which may hamper their development.
The workshop was attended by over 60 delegates, including representatives of the biogas industry, agriculture, local government, retail, Regional Development Agencies, NGOs and research institutions.
Report of Workshop on Increasing the Uptake of Anaerobic Digestion (PDF) (100 KB)
Workshop presentations are published below:
- Workshop Structure (PDF) (60 KB)
- Welcome and Introduction to Workshop Objectives (PDF) (50 KB)
- The Industry Perspective (PDF) (1.7 MB)
- Anaerobic Digestion in South Shropshire (PDF) (750 KB)
- Creating Demand for Anaerobic Digestion (PDF) (70 KB)
- Anaerobic Digestion – Getting the Economics to Work (PDF) (200 KB)
- Resource Recovery as Renewable Energy (PDF) (190 KB)
- Personal Experience of Making the Economics of Anaerobic Digestion Work in Practice (PDF) (560 KB)
- Digestate as a Fertiliser – Environmental Concerns (PDF) (140 KB)
- Current Uses of Digestate in the UK – Effect of Digestate Standard (PDF) (210 KB)
- Developing a Quality Protocol Approach for Anaerobic Digestion (PDF) (110 KB)
- Strategies of Research and Development in Biogas Production (AD) (PDF) (2.9 MB)
- International Energy Agency - Task 37 Energy from Biogas and Landfill Gas (PDF) (290 KB)
- Defra Research on Anaerobic Digestion (PDF) (330 KB)
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