Ours is a Marches (well, Russell was working for Greenfinch when we started the build). Lots of good points, but much of the original equipment replaced by something that works and is easy to maintain.@Rob_AD will know more up to date than me but a 30t/day your looking at 500kw/hr.
I have no idea on where the tarrifs are now but it needs to be upwards of 14p/kw to make a 500kw pay. Cost anywhere between £2-3m or it was 6 years ago but technology/equipment may well have got a lot cheaper. You can’t put any old rubbish in it either it’s got to be silage like you’d do for a 10,000+ litre Holstein herd. Beet has got to be washed and destoned to within an inch of its life or you’ll have some serious downtime unblocking/rebuilding pumps, taking the roof off every so often to clean out soil/grit with cranes/bobcats etc is all downtime and if that engine stops you don’t earn a penny!
Not sure if their still going but the best systems i visited out of over 100 AD plants across Europe was Weltec (all stainless steel) and Marches Biogas in Ludlow although Marches was a lot dearer.
Once tarrifs dropped to below 8.9p/kw on a 1MW AD plant it became unjustifiable.
Cant understand how environmental friendly they are just burning desial to grow bacteria isnt very good for anyone
And paying young 17-18 year olds a salary wage and expecting them to do tractor work none stop I no a lad who worked on one and worked out he’d be making 4:30 a hourGrowing a crop on subsided land, carting it around on tractors without road tax and on red diesel, and then putting it into the national grid as a subsided tariff. The general public would go mental if they understood how much they were being ripped off
Not to mention the tankers constantly hauling digestate, and upsetting the locals when you rent the ground around them for silly money that they can't payGrowing a crop on subsided land, carting it around on tractors without road tax and on red diesel, and then putting it into the national grid as a subsided tariff. The general public would go mental if they understood how much they were being ripped off
more tractors and tankers on the A6 than cars now, some carry on.And paying young 17-18 year olds a salary wage and expecting them to do tractor work none stop I no a lad who worked on one and worked out he’d be making 4:30 a hour
Growing a crop on subsided land, carting it around on tractors without road tax and on red diesel, and then putting it into the national grid as a subsided tariff. The general public would go mental if they understood how much they were being ripped off
Thing is, the public -bless them - are stupid. They have no intention in reducing their consumption, but likewise done want
Ad - traffic
Solar - where are "our" fields gone?
Wind - spoils view
Nuclear - waste
Coal or gas - carbon.
In short, public thick as sh!t. That's why we have government to make decisions and to take the bollocking.