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Research project investigates use of grass from verges in AD

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Last week I attended a demonstration of an exciting research project that is investigating the potential to harvest grass from roadside verges in Lincolnshire and use it as a feedstock in an AD plant. The event, which was hosted at an AD plant at Scrivelsby Grange near Horncastle, was attended…

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Tags: verge biomass, grass, anaerobic digestion, biogas, crop operators

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Can research and innovation rescue on-farm AD?

The news for future developments in on-farm AD seems pretty gloomy at the moment: no extra support coming through FITs, caps to the levels of deployment, and long waits between the time you apply for and receive pre-accreditation. On top of that government is proposing overburdensome restrictions and rules on…

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Tags: ukadbiogas, crop operators, FIT, farm AD, small scale AD, r&i hub

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Ofwat announces more liberal sludge treatment rules to encourage bioresources innovation

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Water regulator Ofwat today launched Water 2020, which sets out a number of major reforms aiming to "boost resilience and secure a better deal for water customers, the environment and wider society."  Among these, the regulator has given its backing to developing "new markets in bioresources" - by which they…

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Tags: Water, water sector, water operators, sludge, sewage sludge, bioresources, AD, biogas, anaerobic digestion, Ofwat, water 2020, UK AD & Biogas, Matt Hindle, jess allan, innovation, r&i, research

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Exciting phosphorus innovation at Severn Trent

Severn Trent has announced that it is evaluating six technologies to reduce phosphorus in its waste water.  Working with partners at Packington STW in Leicestershire, Severn Trent is currently evaluating: Pile Cloth Media Filtration; Membrane Filtration; Ballasted Coagulation; Nano-particle Embedded Ion Exchange; Immobilised Algal Bioreactor; and Absorption Media Reed…

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Tags: R&D, r&d dissemination, severn trent, Cranfield University

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Industry and Parliament Meet: South London Visit

A month into my new role at ADBA, I went on my first site visit to an Anaerobic Digestion plant in South London (Mitcham). I was looking forward to the visit as I love technology and find renewables fascinating. I genuinely find it incredible how waste can be turned into…

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Tags: emma thomas, site visit, bio collectors, site, Matt Hindle, anaerobic digestion, food waste, food waste operators, digestate

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Agri-food Innovation in Turkey – The Newton Fund Opportunities

Agri-food Innovation in Turkey – The Newton Fund is now open A small farm in Turkey. Image credit: Yavuz Sariyildiz / Shutterstock.com The Newton Fund Innovate UK is to invest up to £1.5M for UK participants developing innovative solutions to tackle challenges within the agri-food sector in Turkey. Innovate…

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Tags: emma thomas, funding, funding opportunity, newton fund, turkey, international, agri-food, innovate uk, Farmers, waste reduction, waste treatment, small scale, R&D

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AD’s £40m chance to solve global challenges

When it comes to global poverty reduction, the UK government is putting its money where its mouth is. As part of its commitment to spend 0.7% of UK GDP on global poverty reduction and other global challenges, the government has launched a call to research projects that can make a global…

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Tags: r&d funding, R&D, r&i hub, uk ad & biogas 2016

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Call for Papers: Research & Innovation Hub Deadline

Research & Innovation Hub: Call for Papers Deadline: 20th May, 1pm In just over a week, the Reasearch & Innovation (R&I) Hub will be closing for this years potential speakers. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to let the AD & Biogas industry know about your research.…

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Tags: R&D, digestate, food waste, UK AD & Biogas, r&i hub, emma thomas, research, innovation, call for papers

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Slides now available - Research and Innovation Forum

We have now published the slides from the presentations at our April Research and Innovation Forum, which was held at the University of York. See these here. A couple of my favourites are below, courtesy of Mike Mason and the Biological and Bioenergy Scientific Research Council (BBSRC):  

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Tags: R&D, r&i forum, r&i forum 2016, adba r&i forum 2016

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Research and Innovation Hub - call for papers

Each year, as part of UK AD & Biogas, we organise a Hub for researchers and industry professionals to get together and discuss the latest research being conducted in the sector and how it will impact on the themes being discussed by the 3,000 attendees at the show. With AD becoming…

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Tags: r&i hub, research and innovation hub

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Southampton University’s Free Research, Industry and Career Events

AD Net have been busy organisation two interesting events over the next few months. There is one is May, which brings together industry and academia, and one in July which focuses on research.  To have your digestate microbial profile analysed or to meet experts from industry and research, then…

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Tags: R&D, r&i, events, industry, researchers, research, emma thomas

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Research and Innovation Forum - closing for bookings Monday

Bookings for our sixth Research and Innovation (R&I) Forum will be closing on Monday 4 April at 6pm. We have an excellent line-up of speakers with over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles published between them. We're also delighted that so many operators have chosen to both speak at the event…

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Tags: r&i forum, adba r&i forum 2016, adba r&i forum, research and innovation forum, research and innovation forum 2016, biogas, anaerobic digestion, R&D

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Research and Innovation (R&I) Forum - programme finalised

We've finalised the programme for our annual Research and Innovation (R&I) Forum to be held on 6-7 April in York. We've added some exciting features in the last week: How Thames Water are transforming their use of sludge to produce more biogas and the high quality…

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Tags: r&i forum, r&i, R&D, research and development, digestate

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New feature for Research and Innovation Forum: state-of-the-art lab visit

We've today updated our programme for this year's Research and Innovation (R&I) Forum with a visit to the laboratories of the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) in York. The R&I Forum will bring together the best of academia with the AD industry to discuss…

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Tags: R&D, r&i forum, r&i forum 2016, adba r&i forum 2016, anaerobic digestion, biogas, biorenewables development centre, food waste operators, crop operators

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Where can you find a 30% returns on investment (ROI)? Research and Innovation.

As in all industries, research and innovation (R&I) is essential to the long-term success of each business in the anaerobic digestion industry, as well as to the industry as a whole. Many businesses in the AD industry are in competition with one another. And as an industry we…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, food waste, food waste operators, R&D, crop operators, r&i forum, r&i, r&d forum 2016

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