Unlocking the potential of grass leaf anaerobic digestion

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Title
Unlocking the potential of grass leaf anaerobic digestion

CoPED ID
d8cc6ca9-e0d6-4f8a-91fa-8e2930bc7265

Status
Closed


Value
£139,820

Start Date
May 31, 2017

End Date
July 30, 2018

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Traditionally anaerobic digestion (AD) has used feedstock from agricultural outputs or industrial waste. The majority of plants are at the large-scale, feeding their outputs to the grid. This project proposes to use grass as the primary feedstock for a micro-scale AD solution that will be installed on the grounds of SMEs. This is facilitated through a novel process that decreases processing time by a factor of 4-6, and results in a much smaller, low cost plant. Rather than feed the outputs to the grid, we aim to sell the highest value outputs (compressed/ liquid biomethane - CBM/LBM) to the domestic heating/cooking and transport markets. We wish to test the feasibility of our novel grass AD process in a lab environment in order to assess the technical and economic assumptions we have made. We will be offering SMEs additional revenue streams and increasing the profitability of a range of businesses, while simultaneously increasing the indigenous UK biogas and biofuel supply exponentially. We are already testing a similar business model, which is based on small dairy farms in the UK through an Innovate UK grant. This feasibility study, would allow us the opportunity to assess the potential for disruptive diffusion in global mass markets.

Bennamann Ltd LEAD_ORG
Bennamann Ltd PARTICIPANT_ORG

Emma Haskett PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Biogas
  2. Enterprises
  3. Profitability
  4. Agriculture
  5. Small and medium-sized enterprises

Extracted key phrases
  1. Grass leaf anaerobic digestion
  2. Novel grass ad process
  3. High value output
  4. Agricultural output
  5. Scale ad solution
  6. Potential
  7. Primary feedstock
  8. Sme additional revenue stream
  9. Low cost plant
  10. Indigenous UK biogas
  11. Innovate UK grant
  12. Novel process
  13. Small dairy farm
  14. Similar business model
  15. Industrial waste

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