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Owen Yeatman: Focus on renewable energy
When farmer Owen Yeatman decided to embark on a Nuffield Farming Scholarship in 2004, his research into biogas prompted an investment for his own anaerobic digester facility. Even at a cost of £750,000, Owen is confident that his months of preparation will see him benefit financially in the long term. His new set-up is also making a large positive contribution to reducing emissions from the farm. In this case study, Owen talks about his experience with biogas and gives advice to others contemplating their own facility...
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Anaerobic Digestion - Factsheets
This factsheet provides an introduction to some of the issues that are going to be a significant part of the future of UK farming. It outlines some of the headline challenges that we are going to have to deal with, but also the...
Ideas on mitigating climate change.
Find out about the controlled breakdown of organic matter to produce a combustible gas - the process known as anaerobic digestion.Anaerobic Digestion - Case Studies
Rob is a Gloucestershire dairy farmer, milking 110 cows on his 140 acre dairy. In 1993 he installed a 25 cubic metre anaerobic digestion system,...
David Ball is farm manager for Kemble Farms Ltd. In 2008 they completed the installation of a 300kW anaerobic digestion plant, which complemented...
Copys Green Farm, Norfolk, is home to one of the few anaerobic digesters in the country. Cattle manure and silage from Stephen Temple’s dairy...