Calls To Reduce Food Waste And Increased AD
ReFood, a food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) company has been lobbying for government support in a drive to end food waste going to landfill sites. ReFood has three AD plants in the UK, and has been seeking a UK-wide ban since 2013, when it announced its ‘Vision 2020’ roadmap. The organisation believes that achieving the […]
Wheelabrator Brings 89MW Waste-To-Energy To North Wales
US based waste-to-energy company, Wheelabrator Technologies Holdings Inc has announced it has commissioned two waste-to-energy plants with a combined net capacity of 89 MW in the UK at the end of 2019. The Wheelabrator Parc Adfer facility, located at Deeside in North Wales, and the Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) plant in West Yorkshire will process […]
New AD Plant For West Malling, Kent?
Pressure vacuum relief valves are set to be in high demand across South East England if the latest plans to introduce an anaerobic digestion plant in West Malling, Kent are realised. The application is currently under consultation until the end of the month with stakeholders being invited to let the Environment Agency know if they […]
Waste To Energy Plant Planned in Perthshire
Pressure relief valves are essential for any business looking to boost their waste-to-energy output this coming year. Waste-to-energy has previously proved fairly controversial in this country, unlike in the countries of our European neighbours. This is as previous attempt to introduce waste to energy plants have been fought off by NIMBYs and environmentalists arguing that […]
What Does The Election Result Mean for Renewable Energy
Those in charge of pressure relief valve purchases for their organisations may be wondering what impact the election result may have on the renewable energy industry. Infamously dubbed the ‘climate election’, one of the stand-out moments for the campaign was when Boris Jonson was replaced by an ice sculpture at a Channel 4 debate on […]
Tyne And Wear To Get New AD Plant
February 2020 will see a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant opening in Tyne and Wear. Bioenergy Insight reported that the new facility will have the capacity to deal with 70,000 tonnes of food waste. This waste will generate heat for nearly 2,000 homes in the local area and will mean that commercial properties in Newcastle […]
Can We Reach Net Zero By 2030?
Ambitious business owners looking for pressure vacuum relief valves will have been considering how feasible some of the climate demands in recent months are. This year has seen protests by Extinction Rebellion bring city centres to a halt, and the Labour Party Conference pass a motion to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030. This […]
Award For Salmon Waste-To-Biogas Plant
A facility in Scotland that converts dead salmon into biogas has won an environmental award. The project is a collaboration between the Scottish Salmon Company, Comhairle nan Eilean Sair, the Pure Energy Centre and Community Energy Scotland. Together they have formed the Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH). OHLEH has won this year’s Scottish Environment […]
New Biogas Plant to be Constructed in Wardley, Gateshead After Funding Secured
A new biogas plant is set to be constructed in Wardley, Gateshead after Wardley Biogas received funding of £17 million to support the scheme. Once it is operational it will recycle food waste from the North East and turn it into gas to be used in the region’s heat, power and transport sectors, Gas World […]
Calls For Greater AD Investment In Scotland
The Scottish government needs to invest more heavily in anaerobic digestion (AD) plants, as well as communicating the benefits of recycling to households, if it is to implement its ban on biodegradable waste going to landfill by 2025. Herald Scotland reported on comments made by Robert Etherson, founder and partner of Energen Biogas, who said […]
