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In this page you can find research projects growing the evidence base for effective AD. There are also links to national and international networking projects that aim to develop anaerobic digestion, remove barriers to its uptake and move it towards the mainstream. Many of these projects are part of Intelligent Energy Europe, which aims to improve the market conditions for renewable energy in Europe.
ADBA: Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association. ADBA, the trade association for the biogas industries, represents all those involved in the design and build of the biogas infrastructure of Britain. ADBA will be working in four areas: planning, education, policy and legislation, and finance.
Agrobiogas. The project aims to enhance the actual European development of decentralised AD.
BiG>East. BiG>East promotes the production and use of biogas as a secure and sustainable energy source in several target countries of Southern and Eastern Europe.
Biogas Regions. This project has started in November 2007 and will run for 3 years. It will focus on the development of biogas production in 7 European regions.
Biomethane for Transport. The Biomethane Transport Forum is a UK-based networking community of organisations from the private and public sectors with interests in the development of biomethane as a road transport fuel. They have information on fuelling infrastructure, vehicles and case studies of successful biomethane projects. Membership of the forum is free and open to all and members can also access a database of technical reports, policy documents, news updates, events and articles related to biomethane activities in the UK and overseas.
BIORES: Reinforcing Investments in biogas technologies for small-scale RES applications in islands. BIORES aims to promote technologies for energy production from biogas derived from municipal waste in European islands. Work focuses on 6 European islands, namely Samos (Greece), Samsö (Denmark), Sardinia and Tremiti islands (Italy), Porto Santo (Portugal) and the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Environmental Transformation Fund (ETF). The ETF is the UK’s financial commitment to tackling climate change within the UK and developing countries. WRAP, with support from the Carbon Trust, is delivering the Anaerobic Digestion Demonstration Programme, designed to help the UK deliver an increase in the generation of renewable energy, a reduction in the waste sent to landfill and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. There are four AD projects funded by the ETF.
GERONIMO. This is a 24 month initiative, which is being supported by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme, aimed at small and medium sized enterprises from the European dairy industry. The project will provide information to dairy farmers so they can be more energy efficient and more confident in investing in renewable energy, including biogas.
Global Methane Initiative. In October 2010, thirty-eight governments, the European Commission, the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank launched the Global Methane Initiative to urge stronger international action to fight climate change while developing clean energy and stronger economies. The initiative builds on the existing structure and success of the Methane to Markets Partnership to reduce emissions of methane, while enhancing and expanding these efforts and encouraging new resource commitments from country partners. Government representatives issued a joint declaration that outlines the key decisions of today's meeting including the launch of the Global Methane Initiative.
International Energy Agency Bioenergy Task 37. Task 37 is a working group which covers the biological treatment of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) as well as the anaerobic treatment of organic rich industrial waste water. The main interests are the production of biogas and a digestate of a high quality. The general objectives of Task 37 are: exchange and dissemination of information on biogas production and energy utilization; promoting the deployment of AD plants; stimulating interaction between R&D programs, industry and decision makers; assisting participating and non-participating countries in adopting appropriate waste management practices to improve environmental standards; interaction and collaboration with appropriate international organisations.
MADEGASCAR: Market development for gas driven cars. This project aims to develop the market for gas driven vehicles – natural gas and biomethane fuelled vehicles – with the overall goal to increase the number of energy efficient and alternative fuelled vehicles in European countries. The project will address existing barriers by creating more acceptance on the consumer side, educating fleet owners as well as car dealers, incentive programmes and by awareness raising and information activities. On the other side activities for a better supply infrastructure (fuel stations) and market structure, including the integration of biogas, will be carried out.
Renewable Energy Association UK Biogas Group.The Renewable Energy Association UK Biogas Group has over 80 members and since 2005 has been at the heart of all the important changes which have led to the current expansion in the biogas industry. It is well known as the intellectual biogas forum, where experts talk to practitioners. All major biogas plant operators, suppliers, developers and organisations are members and Defra attend all of the regular bi-monthly meetings which currently attract 50 members. The Biogas Group benefits from the 12 highly experienced full time staff at the REA offering specialists in the RO, FITs, RHI as well as biomethane injection, gas vehicles and and all other technical biogas matters. REA also runs the PAS110 and QP for digestate to land.
REDUBAR. This project is concerned with converting biogas to biomethane for injection in to the mains gas grid. The main objective of the project is to determine and remove existing non-technological and administrative obstacles and barriers and to propose legislative regulations for the injection of biomethane into natural gas grids and its distribution.
RELU - Energy Production on Farms through Anaerobic Digestion. This Rural Economy and Land Use Programme is being carried out at the Universities of Southampton and Reading. The project explores the potential for bioenergy production through on-farm anaerobic digestion (AD), and the contribution this could make to rural development and diversification of agricultural practice.
RE-WISE. The RE-WISE project promotes decentralised co-digestion of food waste in district wastewater treatment plants. RE-WISE promotes a new model for improved disposal of kitchen food waste to enable decentralised production of energy/heat, reduced solid waste collections, and diversion of biodegradable waste from landfill. In this model, the amount of food waste contributed through use of a new generation of "intelligent" food waste disposers can be recorded and used to calculate distribution of benefits for citizens and for all stakeholders composing the value chain.
Wales Centre of Excellence for Anaerobic Digestion. The Wales Centre of Excellence provides technical and non-technical support for the development of the AD industry in Wales. It is partially funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and is based at the Sustainable Environment Research Centre in the University of Glamorgan, Wales.
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