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Oh oh! That's another stumbling block for me as well. Why does it need that much power though?
I've only seen one separator working and that was, must be a couple of decades ago. The only thing I really remember about it was the stringent smell of the solids.
The actual separator doesn't need much power (unless it's a 'screw press' type), but the slurry needs pumping to the separator, which is usually on a gantry to allow the solids to fall somewhere. If you have a gantry high enough to allow a decent stack underneath (the solids stack steeply like FYM does, so it doesn't spread out much) then you might need a macerator pump that can lift it 5m or so. That's where the power is needed.
I guess you could use a tractor powered pump, but you'd need to have it running for quite a few hours each day, so hardly ideal.