Adnams Bio Energy creates fuel from brewery, food waste
July 15, 2010 by scasola
Filed under Featured, renewable energy
Construction is complete on the first phase of a groundbreaking project by Adnams Bio Energy Limited that uses anaerobic digestion to transform brewery and food waste into renewable energy.
Based in the United Kingdom, Adnams Brewery has partnered with British Gas and the National Grid to provide a new source for renewable fuel. According to the company, it will generate 4.8 million kilowatt-hours per year, enough energy to heat 235 family homes or run a car for 4 million miles.
The plant offers more than just renewable heat and energy. It diverts methane from landfills that might otherwise pollute the atmosphere. Adnams Bio Energy Chief Executive Andy Wood was quoted on the company’s Web site recently as saying the following:
“For a number of years now, Adnams has been investing in ways to reduce our impact on the environment. The reality of being able to convert our own brewing waste and local food waste to power Adnams’ brewery and vehicles, as well as the wider community is very exciting.
“The industrial ecology cycle is completed when the fertiliser produced from the anaerobic digestion process can be used on farmland to grow barley for Adnams beer. This facility will have a major impact on the reduction of carbon emissions in the region and the production of renewable energy. The food waste would otherwise be destined for landfill, but processing it through the digester will save an estimated 50,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalents from landfill.”
What are your thoughts on the use of brewery and food waste to help fuel this community?
