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Farm-scale AD plant – Cockle Park Farm, University of Newcastle
The University of Newcastle is building a farm-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at its Cockle Park Farm. The feedstock will be a combination of pig slurry, straw-based litter and cattle slurry from the university’s pig and dairy units, along with vegetable waste from a local vegetable packer.
The Cockle Park plant will be used as a demonstration site for AD technology and for research.
It will hopefully show that small-scale AD plants can be a viable option for small and medium-sized farmers who want to invest in renewable energy.
BPEX is following the project’s progress with a photo diary, from the construction stages through to energy production. Dr Paul Bilsborrow is leading the project team at the University.
Please see links below for progress.
September 2011
Update from Dr Paul Bilsborrow at Cockle Park:
Cockle Park has published the next series of dates for workshops at its AD plant, which continue to prove very popular.
You can now also follow news from the plant on Twitter @CockleParkAD and there will soon be an AD website focused on the Cockle Park plant.
The Autumn workshop dates can be found by clicking here. For more details please contact Jenny Conn: jenny.conn@ncl.ac.uk.
Contact Nigel Penlington or Anna Davis at BPEX for advice on the options for AD investments on UK pig farms.