The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) has been established to represent all businesses involved in the anaerobic digestion and biogas industries, to help remove the barriers they face and to support its members to grow their businesses.
Anaerobic digestion is a natural process which converts organic matter such as household food and garden waste, farm slurry, waste from food processing plants and supermarkets, into energy. The main products resulting from anaerobic digestion are biogas (a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide), which is very similar to natural gas, and digestate, a low level fertilizer. The biogas can be used to generate electricity, gas or heat, or compressed for use as a biofuel. The fertilizer is rich in nitrates and phosphates. The water industry has been using anaerobic digestion to convert effluent into energy and fertilizer for many years.
The development of AD is fundamental to the UK achieving both its renewable energy targets and a carbon free future. At a cost of just £5 billion and with the potential to produce £1.7 billion worth of gas at today's prices developing AD would be a valuable investment. However currently there are a number of barriers to the industry's growth. The value of AD is not properly or widely understood, there is an absence of training and regulation standards, industry data is underdeveloped and it is difficult to secure finance. ADBA has been created to remove these barriers and facilitate the industry's growth with the aim of building 1000 plants by 2020.
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