Last month, Eco Verde Energy (EVE), a leading specialist operations and management provider for anaerobic digestion (AD) plants partnered with the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) to host a local authority site visit to a new AD plant in Attleborough, Norfolk.
The educational visit was part of a series of site visits organised by ADBA, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of food waste recycling and foster local authority understanding of AD as a solution for removing food refuse from residual waste streams to generate renewable energy.
The initiative follows new directives set to be introduced by Defra from 2025, requiring UK councils to introduce separate food waste collections.
Waste management officers from local authorities across Norfolk and neighbouring counties were given a tour of the Attleborough site’s facilities. The tour showcased the effectiveness of AD in transforming food waste into renewable gas and electricity and highlighted its potential in creating a circular economy solution to help mitigate climate change.
Attleborough has emerged as one of the UK’s first ‘green communities’, thanks to the £17 million upgraded AD plant, established by Privilege Finance and operated by EVE.
The plant, which has capacity to produce an impressive 87 gigawatt hours of biomethane, harnesses enough power from local organic waste to supply 4,000 homes, meeting 100% of the population’s gas needs in the summer and 50% during winter months.
The collaboration demonstrates EVE’s commitment to environmental sustainability and the dedication of the AD sector at large for shaping the future energy mix.