Case study: Lake District Biogas

摘要

Scotland's First Milk, Clearfleau and Renewables Unlimited have finished the initial construction stage of an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at the creamery. The partnership will convert the creamery's whey permeate into bio-methane for use by the factory and the local gas grid network. The new facility will be operational in early 2016 and will be the largest on-site AD plant in the dairy sector in the UK and Europe. Key benefits of this project are: 25 per cent reduction in the annual energy costs, and price stability for the site's power supply of 40 million kWh per annum.