My Biolectric 52kw AD Plant

Chippy

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Location
Cumbria
Chippy how many cows are you milking for that? Does the AD plant cover all of your electric usage? And did you consider other forms of renewables like solar vs the AD plant

Milking 163 with 30 dry cows going into the same slurry store as well. Il have capacity for 200 milkers by next summer .Currently putting 20tonne of slurry into AD plant and level of slurry under slats isn’t dropping yet. Will be up to 30 tonne before long. Plant covers all my lecy usage with 40-50% being exported. Got declined planning on 50kw of solar and too many people would see a turbine so I’d given up until I saw this micro AD plant
 

f0ster

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there were planning applications for ground mount solar in the Penrith area that were refused, the applications were appealed and the planners got their wrist slapped, I think one also got compensation, it was in the Penrith herald
 

farmer1989

Member
Location
cumbria
Chippy like you we have large slatted tanks and a permastore if I put in the ad plant I'm going to fill my tower very fast and not be able to fill my under ground tanks
 

Chippy

Member
Location
Cumbria
Chippy like you we have large slatted tanks and a permastore if I put in the ad plant I'm going to fill my tower very fast and not be able to fill my under ground tanks

Yeh that was the downside to it for me. I can no longer utilise my slat storage because slurry wants to be as fresh as possible. Looking at putting slurry bag in with these grants and a separater for the digestate
 

farmer1989

Member
Location
cumbria
Looking like a non starter for me now i have high sulphar levels in bore hole water half my storage is under slatts only way I can think of utilising the slats is if put rubber Mats on top sealing the tank and scraping fresh into a a small tank for the ad then pump liquer back under into the tank or just put a big lagoon up ha
 

Chippy

Member
Location
Cumbria
Looking like a non starter for me now i have high sulphar levels in bore hole water half my storage is under slatts only way I can think of utilising the slats is if put rubber Mats on top sealing the tank and scraping fresh into a a small tank for the ad then pump liquer back under into the tank or just put a big lagoon up ha

The sulphur can be treated in your water! I was hoping for grants for slurry towers but it’s just for bags [emoji30]
 

james ds

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Location
leinster
These are totally new in Ireland , there is one being finished shortly on the dep of ag farm as a demo unit , it will take 14 ton of grass silage every day and 4 ton of slurry . Their build cost is near €1 million . You seem to be building them for a lot less . This one includes two overground storage tanks and a tub feeder to mix the silage . Why is there such a differance in price . Thanks.
 

Chippy

Member
Location
Cumbria
These are totally new in Ireland , there is one being finished shortly on the dep of ag farm as a demo unit , it will take 14 ton of grass silage every day and 4 ton of slurry . Their build cost is near €1 million . You seem to be building them for a lot less . This one includes two overground storage tanks and a tub feeder to mix the silage . Why is there such a differance in price . Thanks.

Because these are slurry only so no tub mixer, just slurry pumps needed. They don’t take crops, only liquids. It’s also 44kw whereas the one you mention will be 250kw at least I imagine. This one is very simple and easy to build in comparison to these big ones that get fed crops
 

e3120

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Northumberland
I'm not up to date with the support situation in ROI, but there tends to be a strong correlation between installation price and potential income ;), as well as the differences chippy explained above.
 

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