Cropgen - AD project

>> Regulating the waste industry: 2015 evidence summary

This report summarises Environment Agency statistics on environmental performance, pollution incidents and illegal waste activities in the waste industry. It is for the calendar year 2015

>> Fire Prevention Plan - Update 6

Update 6 on the Fire Prevention Plans includes the consultation response, proposed alternative measures and a business impact target update

>> SEPA food waste treatment operators workshop

ORG attended a SEPA workshop with food waste treatment operators to discuss the feedback on their recent consultation and to agree a way forward.

>> Temporary closure of the Definition of Waste panel

The EA are temporarily closing their definition of waste panel for all new submissions for a period of three months.

>> Fire Prevention Plans - Supplementary survey

The EA are seeking some further information to help them complete a cost-benefit analysis in relation to the changes they have made to their Fire Prevention Plans guidance.

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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