Government Discuss Future of Energy From Waste

The coalition government has taken the first step towards making good on its pledge to deliver a "huge increase in energy from waste through anaerobic digestion", as ministers and representatives from both Defra and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) met with industry to identify barriers to the uptake of this expanding renewable energy technology.

Anaerobic digestion is seen by the government as a way of managing waste and producing renewable energy. It is particularly well suited to the management of biological material, such as food and farm waste. Research produced by DECC has shown that the UK produces 100 million tonnes of suitable organic waste each year, which could generate up to 7 per cent of UK’s renewable energy in the next decade.


For the full story see DEFRA's website: http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/2010/07/06/anaerobic-digestion/