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Who can benefit

The supply of biogas and biomethane can be maintained year round. Slurry, manure and organic waste resulting from food processing continue to accumulate.

Biomethane offers an opportunity to capture waste products and put them to constructive use. This use creates an
environmentally closed loop and is an economically sustainable fuel solution.

Many local authorities are either developing, or planning to develop, anaerobic digestion facilities as an alternative to landfill for organic waste. Vehicles are one of the best ways of using the biomethane produced from these plants. By tying the two areas together, local authorities are provided with a disposal pathway for organic waste, reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill,
and vehicles are provided with fuel. Costs are reduced for all parties through a joint approach.

Potential Fuel Users

  • Local authorities particularly in cities and large towns
  • Commercial PSV operators
  • Road haulage companies
  • Community transport operators

The production of biogas and biomethane makes an important contribution to a stable and reliable energy supply.
The regularity of supply has the ability to balance the fluctuating electricity production originating from alternative
renewable energy, such as wind and solar sources.

This advantage is increased by the ability to inject the gas directly into the existing natural gas grid and to use it remotely from
its production location.

Biomethane produced from landfills, dairies, and wastewater treatment plants and Anaerobic Digestion stands out as one of the most promising next-generation alternative fuels.

Beneficiaries from biomethane production

  • Public Utilities – particularly water companies
  • Farming and horticultural concerns
  • Food processors
  • Waste disposal operators
  • Energy providers