On-farm anaerobic digestion uptake barriers and required incentives: A case study of the UK East Midlands region

Ackrill, Robert; Abdo, Hafez

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121727

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“…DECC [9] notes that the reviews and reforms 6 to the interventions may result in peaks in the number of registrations which is noted for both the RHI (2014) and FiT (2013). In the case of the RHI, this variable cannot be integrated into the model because the RHI report does not provide details on the installed capacity of the associated plant.…”

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“…2 Enhanced Capital Allowance is an incentive supporting businesses to invest in efficient technologies. Site: https://www.gov.uk/capital-allowances effective technology to reduce this GHG is anaerobic digestion (AD) [5], which uses micro-organisms to break down organic matter (animal or food waste) in an oxygen-free environment, and transform them into biogas and biofertilizer [5,6]. This process does not only reduce methane emissions but improves on-farm waste management [6].…”

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“…Site: https://www.gov.uk/capital-allowances effective technology to reduce this GHG is anaerobic digestion (AD) [5], which uses micro-organisms to break down organic matter (animal or food waste) in an oxygen-free environment, and transform them into biogas and biofertilizer [5,6]. This process does not only reduce methane emissions but improves on-farm waste management [6]. Furthermore, during the last decade, the AD has also been utilised to treat municipal waste, such as food waste [7].…”

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“…The Government has implemented incentives to reduce the economic and social barriers around the uptake of small scale AD plants [6]. Namely, this type of AD plant is eligible for the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) [5,6], Renewable Heat Incentive [5,6] and Enhanced Capital Allowance 2 [7]. The amount of financial incentives depends on the capacity of each plant, which can be categorized in small, medium and large, having <250kW, 250-500kW and >500kW capacities respectively.…”

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On-farm anaerobic digestion uptake barriers and required incentives: A case study of the UK East Midlands region

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