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Planning, building and testing – it’s a very busy time for the teams here at Local Generation as our first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant takes shape in March, deep in the Cambridgeshire countryside.  Yet the process the plant is designed to host is simple, and the end product is a natural wonder. After waste food…

The latest landmark to be put in place at Local Generation’s anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in March, Cambs, is the impressive biogas dome. Made from the same sturdy stuff that’s used to float lifeboats in stormy seas, the container is designed to store almost 4000 cubic metres of biogas. Around 60% methane and 40% CO2,…

I was delighted to be a guest at the annual Fenland Enterprise Business Awards (FEBA) earlier this month to present produce firm Greenvale AP with FEBA’s Green Award. This is the second year running that Local Generation have sponsored the green award and the entries are getting better each year. Greenvale AP won this year’s…

Reducing local landfill by 30,000 tonnes a year was a goal worth pursuing.  But now our anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Westry, March, has been granted planning permission to up its capacity to an impressive 70,000 tonnes, to be phased in over the next few years. That’s 70,000 tonnes a year that won’t go into…

It was a nine-to-five day with a difference last month when the Local Generation team swapped computer screens for gardening gloves.  That’s how long it took ten teammates to put in 8,000 green and glossy sedum plants around two-thirds of the bund (the two-metre high clay and soil barrier around the plant’s tanks).  There’s not…

The latest addition to Local Generation’s anaerobic digestion plant site in March is the bunding. What is it and why is it a good thing? (Read on) Next time you drive past a large container tank set back from the road, look out for a protective barrier built right round it, with gently sloping sides,…

Earlier last month, the Local Generation team returned from the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association’s (ADBA) second Annual summer Conference and Gala Dinner informed and inspired… Delegates from ADBA’s member organisations were there to engage in debates, masterclasses and workshops for farmers, food producers and others with an interest in anaerobic digestion. With topics like…

Construction work on our first AD plant in March, Cambs, is moving ahead. The digestion tank is nearing completion, awaiting its first 4000 cubic metres of food and non-food digestibles. The next bits of the building jigsaw are designed to purify the water and freshen the air… The grandly named Process Aeration Filtration tank actually…

The recent spell of fine weather has provided great growing conditions for more than one kind of plant! Work on Local Generation’s first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant is rapidly progressing and is on schedule for commissioning later this year. Our photographers were there to capture some of the latest construction highlights: The pasteurisation tanks are…

It’s been a long journey to get here, but building work on Local Generation’s first Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant is under way! The building team is working closely with all the relevant agencies and supervising bodies, to ensure that the project operates to the highest professional and sustainable standards. “It’s really exciting to see the…