Somerset Farmer
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- Location
- West Somerset
I am now surrounded by crops grown for a digester, fodder beet, maize, and ryecorn(cut wholecrop) and I was thinking how much energy each of these crops produce an acre/year. There appears to be huge machinery costs in both growing and haulage before these crops even reach the digester (which is 10 miles away) and then the digestate has to be hauled back again. Can it ever be economic if this energy is paid for with the wholesale price of electricity or gas ?