Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 9460

Anaerobic Digestion

Tabled: 16 October 2024
Answered: 31 October 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions on using farm effluage and sewage for anaerobic digestion instead of importing wood chippings as biomass.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
There are anaerobic digestion plants across the UK that generate electricity through the combustion of biogas produced through the breakdown of sewage or agricultural waste. Biomass generators, in contrast, generate electricity through the combustion of s...
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