Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | AC0406 | |
| Title | The optimisation and impacts of expanding biogas production | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of other biomass-derived fuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 50%; Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of transport biofuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Biological Sciences) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER) |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DEFRA | |
| Start Date | 01 December 2006 | |
| End Date | 31 January 2010 | |
| Duration | 38 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £306,759 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Transport | |
| Region | West Midlands | |
| Programme | DEFRA Energy in Agriculture and food | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER) (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | None supplied | |
| Abstract | This Defra funded project aims to match fund the EU Biogas project (code) but specifically addresses the following objectives which will result in synthesis of information required to assess the development of a sustainable biogas industry in the UK. 1. Assess the current status of biogas technology in the UK and Europe and how to implement more automated biogas production in the UK. 2. Identifythe factors that determine the unit capital cost of biogas plants and determine how to reduce capital costs through the scaling up of equipment delivery and deployment. 3. Evaluate the potential for recycling biogas digestate for use as a fertiliser in terms of nitrogen utilisation and losses of nitrogen and phosphorus as pollutants to air and water. 4. Assess the potential of integrating AD intoUK agricultural systems to improve the nutrient economy at the farm scale and upwards. 5. Assess the economic and environmental value resulting from optimisation of biogas production, including an assessment of 'spin-off' benefits to nutrient cycling. 6. Provide a detailed analysis of the feasibility of using centralised anaerobic digestion plants in the food chain to deliver multiple benefits using the dairy processing sector as an example. 7. Drawing on EU funded R&D, build on recent Defra analysis, research and mitigation 'cost-curve' research to deliver a full environmental economic analysis of the costs and benefits of biogas production which includes investigation of incentives for biogas production via policy packages and financing mechanisms, promoting industrytake up, and understanding social impacts and consumer acceptance. | |
| Publications |  AEA Energy & Environment (2006).Outline Feasibility of Centralised Anaerobic Digestion Plants linked to Dairy Supply Chain (PDF 665 KB) IGER (2008). Benchmarking Report on Critical Points and Influential Factors at Agricultural Biogas Plants (PDF 1169 KB) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 18/11/08 | |
