Staffordshire anaerobic digestion plant receives capital grant from WRAP

Lower Reule Bioenergy Ltd is one of the first anaerobic digestion (AD) businesses in England to be awarded funding under the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) organics capital grant scheme.

The AD plant, which will be located near Gnosall, Staffordshire is currently under construction. When completed (in late 2010) it will divert more than 30,000 tonnes of food waste a year from landfill, reduce methane emissions from decomposing food and generate enough renewable electricity to supply more than 1,300 homes.

The facility will also produce a nutrient rich bio-fertiliser that will be used to replace conventional fertilisers and soil conditioners, which are manufactured using fossil fuels.

More information is available on the WRAP website here:
http://www.wrap.org.uk/wrap_corporate/news/staffordshire.html