Technology · anaerobic-digestion
Anaerobic digestion in Great Britain
Farm and food waste digested into biogas, burned in engines - rural, distributed and steady. Great Britain has 143 operational sites totalling 323 MW.
- Sites
- 143
- Total capacity
- 323 MW
All 143 sites
| # | Station | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Region | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.4 | Pretoria Energy Company | East England | England | |
| 2 | 10 | GENeco | South West England | England | |
| 3 | 6.5 | Future Biogas (Blankney Estate) | East Midlands | England | |
| 4 | 6 | Biffa | West Midlands | England | |
| 5 | 6 | Shanks Group | Yorkshire | England | |
| 6 | 5.1 | BioConstruct | North East England | England | |
| 7 | 5.1 | BioConstruct | North East England | England | |
| 8 | 5 | Olleco and Arla Foods | East England | England | |
| 9 | 5 | First Milk Cheese Company | North West England | England | |
| 10 | 5 | British Sugar | East England | England | |
| 11 | 5 | Viridor | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 12 | 5 | ReFood UK | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 13 | 5 | Orsted (formerly Dong Energy) | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 14 | 4.8 | B F BIO GAS | North East England | England | |
| 15 | 4.5 | Biffa/West Sussex County Council | South East England | England | |
| 16 | 4 | Shanks Group | Yorkshire | England | |
| 17 | 4 | Yorkshire Water | Yorkshire | England | |
| 18 | 4 | Rockscape Energy | Yorkshire | England | |
| 19 | 4 | Welland Waste Management | East Midlands | England | |
| 20 | 3.7 | J M Stratton & Co | South England | England | |
| 21 | 3.5 | BioConstruct | Yorkshire | England | |
| 22 | 3.3 | Cannington Bioenergy | South West England | England | |
| 23 | 3 | Beeswax Farming (Rainbow) | East Midlands | England | |
| 24 | 3 | Severn Trent (formerly Agrivert) | East England | England | |
| 25 | 3 | Thames Water Utilities | East England | England | |
| 26 | 3 | Viridor / Wyvern Waste Services | South England | England | |
| 27 | 3 | Energy Works / The Spencer Group | Yorkshire | England | |
| 28 | 3 | Prosper Demulder / ReFood | Yorkshire | England | |
| 29 | 3 | Biogen (formerly Tamar Energy) | East England | England | |
| 30 | 3 | Severn Trent (formerly Agrivert) | South Wales | Wales | |
| 31 | 3 | Fred Walter & Sons Ltd | East Midlands | England | |
| 32 | 2.8 | Emerald Biogas | North East England | England | |
| 33 | 2.5 | PROjEN | East Midlands | England | |
| 34 | 2.4 | Grocontinental/ Whitchurch Biogas | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 35 | 2.4 | Severn Trent Water | West Midlands | England | |
| 36 | 2.4 | Shanks Group | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 37 | 2.4 | Bio Capital Limited | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 38 | 2.4 | Kelda Water Services | Yorkshire | England | |
| 39 | 2.4 | Barway Farms /Shropshire Energy | East England | England | |
| 40 | 2.4 | Severn Trent (formerly Agrivert) | South East England | England | |
| 41 | 2.4 | Severn Trent (formerly Agrivert) | South England | England | |
| 42 | 2.3 | Ancala Bioenergy (formerly Biogen) | East England | England | |
| 43 | 2.3 | Severn Trent (formerly Agrivert) | South England | England | |
| 44 | 2.3 | Thames Water Utilities | East England | England | |
| 45 | 2.2 | Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) / William Tracey Ltd | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 46 | 2.2 | Broadley Energy | South England | England | |
| 47 | 2.2 | Wight Farm Energy | South England | England | |
| 48 | 2.2 | Future Biogas | East Midlands | England | |
| 49 | 2.2 | Private Developer | West Midlands | England | |
| 50 | 2.1 | Severn Trent (formerly Agrivert) | South England | England | |
| 51 | 2 | Agri-Gen | East England | England | |
| 52 | 2 | Greater Manchester Waste | North West England | England | |
| 53 | 2 | Kelda Organic Energy | South Wales | Wales | |
| 54 | 2 | Bio Dynamic | East Midlands | England | |
| 55 | 2 | Greener For Life Energy | South West England | England | |
| 56 | 2 | A C Shropshire Ltd | East Midlands | England | |
| 57 | 2 | Biogen (formerly Tamar Energy) | East England | England | |
| 58 | 2 | RM Brown & Son Ltd | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 59 | 2 | Ancala Bioenergy (formerly Biogen) | East Midlands | England | |
| 60 | 2 | Morayhill | North Scotland | Scotland | |
| 61 | 2 | Oak Grove Renewables | East England | England | |
| 62 | 2 | Prosper Demulder / ReFood | Yorkshire | England | |
| 63 | 2 | Viridor | North West England | England | |
| 64 | 2 | Viridor | North West England | England | |
| 65 | 2 | GWE Biogas | Yorkshire | England | |
| 66 | 2 | Viridor | North West England | England | |
| 67 | 2 | Severn Trent Water | East Midlands | England | |
| 68 | 2 | Olleco | East England | England | |
| 69 | 2 | Ancala Bioenergy (formerly Biogen) | East Midlands | England | |
| 70 | 2 | Greener for Life Energy | South West England | England | |
| 71 | 1.9 | Global Renewables Lancashire | North West England | England | |
| 72 | 1.9 | Global Renewables Lancashire | North West England | England | |
| 73 | 1.8 | Agri-Gen/Downing | East England | England | |
| 74 | 1.8 | Organic Recycling | East Midlands | England | |
| 75 | 1.7 | Surrey County Council | South England | England | |
| 76 | 1.7 | Fife Council | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 77 | 1.6 | Viridor | South West England | England | |
| 78 | 1.6 | Grundon | West Midlands | England | |
| 79 | 1.5 | William Corbett Farms | East Midlands | England | |
| 80 | 1.5 | Earnside Energy | North Scotland | Scotland | |
| 81 | 1.5 | Zebec Energy | Yorkshire | England | |
| 82 | 1.5 | A J Butler & Sons Ltd | South England | England | |
| 83 | 1.5 | BV Dairy | South England | England | |
| 84 | 1.5 | Biogen (formerly Tamar Energy) | South England | England | |
| 85 | 1.5 | Willen Biogas & Xergi | East England | England | |
| 86 | 1.5 | Local Generation | East England | England | |
| 87 | 1.5 | Fernbrook Bio Limited | East Midlands | England | |
| 88 | 1.5 | William Grant and Sons Distillers | North Scotland | Scotland | |
| 89 | 1.5 | DJ AND SJ RECYCLING | North East England | England | |
| 90 | 1.5 | JFS Biogas | North East England | England | |
| 91 | 1.5 | Biogen (formerly Tamar Energy) | East Midlands | England | |
| 92 | 1.5 | Ancala Bioenergy (formerly Biogen/Aluana Renewable Energy) | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 93 | 1.5 | Plusterwine Biogas Limited | West Midlands | England | |
| 94 | 1.5 | Pure Malt Products Limited | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 95 | 1.5 | Material Change | East England | England | |
| 96 | 1.5 | Singleton Birch | Yorkshire | England | |
| 97 | 1.4 | ReFood UK | East England | England | |
| 98 | 1.4 | Lynton Development / Teg Environmental | East England | England | |
| 99 | 1.4 | Bryn Group | South Wales | Wales | |
| 100 | 1.4 | Staples Brothers | East Midlands | England | |
| 101 | 1.4 | Holsworthy Biogas Company ( North Tamar Business Network) | South West England | England | |
| 102 | 1.4 | Staples Brothers | East Midlands | England | |
| 103 | 1.4 | Geo E Gittus and Son | East England | England | |
| 104 | 1.3 | Greener for Life Energy | South West England | England | |
| 105 | 1.3 | Private Developer | West Midlands | England | |
| 106 | 1.3 | Greener for Life Energy | South West England | England | |
| 107 | 1.3 | Biogas Nord | South England | England | |
| 108 | 1.2 | Thames Water Utilities | South England | England | |
| 109 | 1.2 | Barfoot Energy Projects | South England | England | |
| 110 | 1.2 | St Nicholas Court Farms Ltd | South East England | England | |
| 111 | 1.2 | Swancote Energy | West Midlands | England | |
| 112 | 1.2 | Thames Water Utilities | South England | England | |
| 113 | 1.2 | Guy & Wright Ltd | East England | England | |
| 114 | 1.2 | Private Developer | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 115 | 1.1 | AmeyCespa | North East England | England | |
| 116 | 1.1 | Eco Sustainable Solutions | South England | England | |
| 117 | 1.1 | Hallwick Energy | East England | England | |
| 118 | 1.1 | Lockwood Estates | Yorkshire | England | |
| 119 | 1.1 | Hallwick Energy | East England | England | |
| 120 | 1.1 | R Gough & Son Ltd | West Midlands | England | |
| 121 | 1 | Private Developer | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 122 | 1 | Mssrs R Miller Ltd | North West England | England | |
| 123 | 1 | Privelage Finance Ltd / Attleborough AD Plant Limited | East England | England | |
| 124 | 1 | Ancala Bioenergy (formerly Biogen) | South Wales | Wales | |
| 125 | 1 | Farmgen | North West England | England | |
| 126 | 1 | Scottish Water Solutions | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 127 | 1 | Kirk Environmental | North West England | England | |
| 128 | 1 | GlaxoSmithKline | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 129 | 1 | JFS Biogas | North East England | England | |
| 130 | 1 | Black Dog Biogas | South England | England | |
| 131 | 1 | Greener for Life Energy | South West England | England | |
| 132 | 1 | Hallwick Energy | North East England | England | |
| 133 | 1 | McCain Foods | East England | England | |
| 134 | 1 | Pengelly Farms | South West England | England | |
| 135 | 1 | Barfoots of Botley | South England | England | |
| 136 | 1 | Private Developer | East England | England | |
| 137 | 1 | Privilege Finance/ BioWatt | East England | England | |
| 138 | 1 | Greenheath Farming Co Limited | East England | England | |
| 139 | 1 | Ancala Bioenergy (formerly Biogen) | North Wales & Merseyside | Wales | |
| 140 | 1 | Private Developer | Yorkshire | England | |
| 141 | 1 | Wyke Farms | South West England | England | |
| 142 | 0.5 | North East Grains | North East England | England | |
| 143 | - | Stanton Energy Limited | East Midlands | England |