Wales to get new green energy plant constructed by BiogenGreenfinch

Gwynedd council Wales has chosen BiogenGreenfinch as the preferred bidder for the construction of a new green energy plant which will take council collected food waste and turn it into renewable energy. Richard Barker, Chief Executive of BiogenGreenfinch, said: "We are proud and delighted to have been selected to build what will be the first anaerobic digestion facility in Wales specifically designed to take Local Authority collected food waste."

The food waste will come from local homes and business through the collection scheme run by the council the project is expected to be in operation by spring 2012. "Residents throughout Gwynedd have shown their commitment to recycling, re-using and composting more of their waste. This exciting project will ensure that Gwynedd’s food waste which will be collected on a weekly basis in communities across Gwynedd can be treated in a more efficient way within the county." Read more ...

PDM Group to further develop anaerobic digestion (AD) plants

The PDM group has announced plans to invest a further UK£40 million (US$62.314 million), in its network of ReFood anaerobic digestion (AD), plants this year. This investment will result in two new plants located in Widnes and East London.

The announcement follows the completion of the company’s first AD plant at its headquarters in Doncaster. The two new plants will each double the recycling capacity of Doncaster, each handling around 90,000 tonnes of food waste each year and producing 4MWhs of renewable energy. Read more ...

Supermarket aims for zero waste landfill

Sainsbury's supermarket chain will become the first supermarket to send all its food waste for anaerobic digestion the process that decomposes food waste to release biogas which can then be used to produce electricity. Most other supermarkets are doing this as well, Asda is already sending 25,000 tons of food waste for anaerobic digestion. The benefit of this is that landfill food waste produces methane gas that is 21 times worse for global warming than carbon dioxide. South Korea and Japan recognised the value of this technology and developed state of the arts facilities to utilise food waste.  Read more ...

Biomass energy working group to discuss anaerobic digestion

On November 1, 2011 the Biomass energy working group are hosting a free meeting for anyone interested in anaerobic digestion. "Anaerobic digestion has been utilised primarily as a waste management technology for large confined animal feeding operations," said Chad Martin. "One of the side benefits happens to be the creation of renewable energy in the form of biogas that can be utilised for electricity generation. Now we're also looking into compressed natural gas opportunities where that gas can be pipe-lined." Read more ...