Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a low carbon technology that converts organic waste materials into a renewable energy source for the generation of electricity and heat.
It is a natural process using bacteria to breakdown a wide range of organic matter (eg manure, sileage, slurry, food waste, etc) in a sealed, controlled environment resulting in a biogas that is burned to generate energy.
Up until recently this has only made economic sense with a relatively large scale plant taking waste inputs from a number of sites. However, smaller systems are now available and can offer very attractive financial returns utilising waste materials from the site on which the plant is located.
You can learn more about these smaller anaerobic digestion systems by
downloading our Watt's Watt Information Sheet, available as a PDF here.
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