Cropgen - AD project

>> Deployment data and MAGIC

There has been concern from a number of landspreading operators that the closure of the What's in Your Backyard (WIYBY) service in April and replacement with MAGIC has meant that the new scaling provided is not adequate. An explanation from the EA below, explains more on this subject.

>> SEPA Guidance on landfill ban

To help all stakeholders prepare for the ban on biodegradable municipal waste going to landfill, SEPA, in collaboration with industry and local authority representatives have produced a guidance document.

>> Compost Awareness Week

International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. The theme for this year is Compost! Building a Better Future.

>> EA invitation to further workshop on landspreading

The Environment Agency is holding a customer workshop on Tuesday 29 May 2018 at their Warrington office on their landspreading permitting process.

>> EU parliament backs Circular Economy package

EU Parliament have adopted ambitious recycling targets, under legislation on waste and the circular economy. This includes a target for 2024 when biodegradable waste will have to be either collected separately or recycled at home through composting.

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CROPGEN

CROPGEN was a research project funded by the EU's 6th Framework Programme, involving 11 partners in 6 European countries. The concept was based on the use of anaerobic digestion (AD) as a means of producing methane from biomass, including energy crops and agricultural residues. The technology of biochemical methane generation is well established: the research determined how the technology could best be applied to provide a versatile, low-cost, carbon-neutral biofuel in an environmentally sound and sustainable agricultural framework.

The project finished in July 2007.

Project outcomes:

Renewable energy from crops and agrowastes

Digestion and codigestion mass balance for different operative conditions and process configurations for oily crops and agricultural market wastes

Life cycle energy balances on a number of crop species

Database on the methane production potential from mixed digestion

Optimal pre-treatment methods to increase methane yields under various conditions

Standardised test procedures for assessing kinetic constants and evaluating reaction rates

Optimal storage systems for energy crops for various climatic conditions

Cost-benefit analysis to determine whether farm energy production can lead to measurable advantages in the longer term productivity cycle

Assessment of the potential for crop-derived biogas as an energy source in the EU, taking into account technical and environmental issues and socio-economic impact