WRAP and NNFCC publish report on current status of UK anaerobic digestion infrastructure

WRAP and NNFCC publish report on current status of UK anaerobic digestion infrastructure Print E-mail

This document reports the baseline of the infrastructure for anaerobic digestion ( AD) in the UK. It was established by research carried out by WRAP and the NNFCC, the UK’s National Centre for Biorenewable Fuel, Energy and Materials, in response to the government’s AD strategy and action plan published in June 2011.

Authoritative knowledge of the current state of the infrastructure for AD helps to enable better investment decisions. In addition, it will improve the understanding of the current size of the AD industry in the UK and, going forward, it will facilitate enhanced monitoring of growth in the industry.

The current AD infrastructure in the UK is summarised as follows:

  • There are currently 214 anaerobic digestion facilities in the UK
  • Overall capacity to process more than 5 million tonnes of material per annum
  • Total installed generating capacity of over 170MW of electricity

The full report can be downloaded here.