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AD hero/team of the year NEW ADBA industry ambassador award Making the most of biogas • GENeco • Malmberg Ltd • Olleco • Severn Trent Water • Uniflare Ltd

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Innovation in sewage treatment through AD Anglian Water Services Ltd In 2005 Anglian Water Services Ltd (AWS) embarked on a strategy to transform the way sewage sludge is treated. Advanced digestion technologies were chosen to produce higher quality biosolids products and maintain agricultural recycling, whilst maximising green power generation. Previously, AWS produced conventionally digested and lime treated cakes, generating just 13 GWh of renewable power. In 2014-15 80% of raw sludge production was treated by nine advanced digestion facilities generating 88.6 GWh of renewable electricity from CHP engines fuelled by the biogas produced. www.anglianwater.co.uk

Severn Trent Water Project - Minworth Energy Generation Expansion The site has installed three new CHP engines capable of producing 5.2 MW and these were fully commissioned in April 2014. The biomethane upgrading system has been installed over 15 months and commissioned in September 2014. The higher efficiencies of the new technologies have seen the site produce 81 GWh of renewable energy during the commissioning year. The full year effect of this is expected to be 100 GWh in 2015/16 as the plant becomes established. This is a massive increase in production beyond the conventional CHP system on the site. www.stwater.co.uk

GENco Innovation is not restricted to new processes and ‘clever’ plants. GENeco believe that the most dramatic improvements can be made by innovative use of data and information that is available from the processes already in place, and using this live information for amending process operations and improving performance. To that end the team have delivered innovative new data processing and monitoring techniques that have delivered 50% increase in renewable energy production in recent years, and seen the company become carbon neutral from an energy perspective. www.geneco.uk.com

Joint entry – Welsh Water and University of South Wales A partnership project between Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) & Wales AD Centre at the University of South Wales (USW) aimed to investigate optimisation strategies for advanced anaerobic digestion of sewage sludges, which started in November 2013 following the Biomethane regions project work.

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DCWW sludge strategy for the next 25 years is to utilise advanced anaerobic digestion, and satellite anaerobic digesters to treat sewage sludges to meet the safe sludge matrix, and produce energy from the sludge that is used on site or exported to the national grid. www.dwrcymru.com www.walesadcentre.org.uk

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shortlist NEW Innovation in community and commercial food waste collection Essex County Council (nominated by Tamar Energy) Essex County Council (ECC) has a clear vision and strategy to achieve an impressive recycling target of 60% by 2020, and realise both the financial and environmental benefits to local households. It seeks to recover the resources inherent in the organic source segregated waste collected, with the aim of sending as much as possible to anaerobic digestion and composting. Tamar Energy’s integrated organic waste treatment services – offering a flexible, commercially competitive solution for both green and food waste collections through its network of anaerobic digestion and composting sites – means it is supporting ECC in delivering this roadmap as quickly as possible. www.essex.gov.uk Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council Over the last five years of the service, NULBC have recycled more than 14,000 tonnes of food waste with LRBE, and are currently collecting over 54 tonnes a week. The food waste service accounts for over 12% of the total recycling rate. This waste produces enough energy to supply over 170 homes in the local area with the total electricity needs. The level of household participation has been excellent with between 60 and 65% of householders engaging with the service. www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk

Olleco Project – Olleco’s food waste collection service Olleco is a national resource recovery company that recycles organic waste such as used cooking oil and food waste and converts it into sustainable energy. They have spent the last decade growing and improving the oil supply and organic waste collection services through out the country and they’ve led the way in developing the conversion technologies to ensure they extract the maximum benefit from the valuable resources they collect. www.olleco.co.uk Oxford City Council Project – Festive Food Recycling Campaign The project was launched on 1st December 2014. Residents who were already participating were thanked and provided with two free rolls of compostable liners, in addition to new caddies if desired. For those properties not currently on board, an encouraging starter pack was delivered and a ‘no food’ sticker placed on their refuse bin. For properties where the resident was not home and we were unable to determine whether they were recycling their food, a calling card with a colleague’s direct contact details was posted. Each door knock and each individual scenario was fully recorded, ready to incorporate revisits. The success of the campaign is believed to be from the ongoing residential interactions. As a result of the increased performance, the campaign has been included in the yearly financial budget for 2015-16. www.oxford.gov.uk

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shortlist Innovation in process efficiency/optimisation ENER-G Combined Power Ltd Product - ENER-G E200 biogas CHP system for small scale anaerobic digestion ENER-G’s new E-200 biogas CHP technology maximises financial returns on both the highest rate Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and Feed in Tariff (FIT). This helps counter FIT degression and makes anaerobic digestion viable for more customers, particularly smaller farms, dairies and industrial processors. At current RHI and FIT rates, a typical dairy operating the E200 on a 24-hour cycle at 92% availability could receive a total guaranteed 20-year income of up to £5.7 million. www.energ-group.com

Weltec Biopower (UK) Ltd Project – Eco Sustainable In 2014, Weltec Biopower (UK) Ltd was granted the contract to extend the food waste AD plant in Piddlehinton. The anaerobic digestion facility of Eco Sustainable Solutions Ltd was planned and built by Weltec Biopower in 2011/2012. The plant utilises 20,000 tons of food waste a year and generates an electrical output of 498 kilowatts per hour. The plant is fed by local authority collected food waste as well as out-of-date food products, which are de-packaged on site. All digestate is pasteurised after digestion, before leaving site. www.weltec-biopower.co.uk

HRS Heat Exchangers Product - 3 Tank Batch Sludge Pasteuriser System HRS is committed to innovations which help AD plant operators reduce energy consumption and lower their fuel bills, reduce waste, reduce CO2, and improve final product quality without harming the environment. HRS was founded in 1981 and has become a technology leader in heat transfer equipment within food, pharmaceutical, chemical and water industries. In 2011 we turned our attention to the AD sector having identified a need for efficient sludge pasteurisation technology to meet PAS110 standards. www.hrs-heatexchangers.com

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shortlist NEW Best engineering team Clarke Energy Clarke Energy has a dedicated engineering team to support the delivery of biogas CHP installations in the UK. The engineering team is brought into the project in the early phases of conception, often during the engine sales phase. The sales team typically have an engineering background and they are supported by the company engineering pool that consists of mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and a computer aided design team. The engineering team has three internal customers in Clarke Energy – the sales team, the project management team and finally the service team. The engineering department are involved throughout the project life, in excess of the normal project design phase. www.clarke-energy.com

Uniflare Ltd Uniflare, was established in 2007 and are manufacturers of biogas process equipment. They are an independent company with the head offices located in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. Uniflare also have plants and equipment operating globally, working through local agencies including Southern Ireland, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Greece, Turkey, Spain, South America and USA.

Qila Energy Qila Energy is a British engineering company dedicated to designing, building and maintaining 2-stage anaerobic digestion plants for farmers across the UK. Qila’s engineering team has demonstrated its ability to respond to any challenge that arises, to go above and beyond and ensure Qila’s AD plants are designed, constructed and delivered to the optimum and best possible standard within the constraints given. www.qilaenergy.com

Weltec Biopower (UK) Ltd The efforts of the Weltec engineering team led by Robert Tholen offer Gilfresh Produce the best conditions for a successful long-term operation of the AD plant. All details were considered at both the input and at the output side. Thus the selected entry technology with the MULTIMix reduces the stress on the stirring system in the digesters by shredding and homogenising the substrates. www.weltec-biopower.co.uk

Uniflare’s success is built on reputation and delivery. Organically growing year on year they continue to inwardly invest to increase their standing as the largest manufacturer of biogas flares and process equipment in the UK and worldwide. www.uniflare.co.uk

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shortlist NEW Best installation/commissioning team Biogen Being able to successfully deliver a first class AD plant by reducing traditional commissioning times from 6 months to 9 weeks is testament to Greenfinch and Biogenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single-minded commitment, broad experience and innovation. The independent certifier along with all the relevant authorities were extremely happy with the final project. www.biogen.co.uk Clarke Energy Clarke Energy has its own dedicated team of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) trained commissioning engineers. Unlike other engine or engine package suppliers Clarke Energy does not rely in the OEM to commission the engines. This means that we do not need to wait for a third partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s availability for the commissioning date meaning more flexibility and quicker start times for our customers. www.clarke-energy.com

Edina All engineers have induction criteria to pass, spend a year in the field under supervision, on-going training, and then become Operations Engineers, the backbone of the maintenance and service functions of Edina. Those who wish to become part of the Commissioning Team, currently eight staff members, have to complete further training and an intensive two week course with MWM in Mannheim. Edinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status as official distributor is a great advantage to our technical staff and engineers who have access to the best training and support. These commissioning engineers have extra tuition on the TEM (Engine Management System) and often take on more specialist roles in either electrical or mechanical engineering. Most of this team commenced employment with Edina as Operations Engineers. www.edinauk.com Uniflare Ltd Uniflare currently employ over 45 trained and qualified production and service staff. All manufacturing is completed in-house including a dedicated panel and control facility. One of their major strengths is applied at the design stage. Using their experience and knowledge they work closely with their clients to offer the best and most efficient bespoke process. Their fully 3D in house design department uses the latest technology, allowing the client to walk through their process as the project grows. www.uniflare.co.uk

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shortlist Best maintenance team Clarke Energy Clarke Energy is able to provide the highest levels of customer service and peace-of-mind along with comprehensive long-term maintenance agreements. The majority of the GE’s Jenbacher gas engines Clarke Energy supplies are serviced through a maintenance agreement. In creating each agreement, Clarke Energy works directly with the customer, defining the best and most suitable solution for their service needs. A maintenance agreement typically consists of different components of Clarke Energy’s service product portfolio and accompanies the lifecycle of a biogas engine. www.clarke-energy.com

Qila Energy Qila’s UK based Maintenance Team look after all spare parts and maintenance for Qila’s AD plants with 24 housr service support. As Qila’s AD plants are relatively new (the first plant was commissioned in August 2014), each site has slightly different maintenance requirements as the design evolves. The maintenance engineers have therefore created a tailored site specific maintenance schedule for each of Qila’s AD plants. www.qilaenergy.com

Edina Edina has 60 engineers responsible for 131 UK and Republic of Ireland sites. They carry out both routine service visits and respond to call-outs or unplanned maintenance issues. A further 12 engineers are available for more office based and peripatetic support and supervision. As company orders and staffing numbers increased, it became possible to assign engineers to specific sites near their homes which was very popular with customers. This one point of contact gives a sense of ownership and accountability for the site to the engineer and also cements the client/ engineer relationship. www.edinauk.com

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shortlist Making the most of biogas GENeco In less than a year GENeco have completed the design and build of the UK’s first commercial Gas to Grid supply of enriched biomethane produced from food waste, commercial liquid waste and domestic sewage. The plant, situated at Bristol Sewage Treatment Works, uses anaerobic digestion (AD) to extract the remaining energy from organic matter contained within the waste, in the form of biomethane. After purification, the biogas is pumped into the national gas distribution network; the volume of gas injected will be enough to supply 8,300 homes with sustainable and renewably sourced fuel and ensure that our sewage treatment works is energy self-sufficient. www.geneco.uk.com

Severn Trent Water Severn Trent Water has led the Water and Waste industry in the generation of Renewable Energy for several years. The company has utilised many technologies including hydro, wind, crop AD and Food Waste AD to generate power but the predominant means of production is through anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge. In 2014/15 total renewable production across all technologies was 250 GWh – a new record for the company. www.stwater.co.uk

Malmberg Ltd The biogas upgrading project at Minworth was the first gas-to-grid project at a UK sewage treatment site and has been one of the most successful UK projects to date. It has paved the way for other similar projects and shown the public what is possible. Apart from raising general awareness and the profile of such opportunities, it has shown investors that to go for biogas upgrading in the UK is definitely to go down the right pipe!   www.malmberg.se

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Making the most of biogas Olleco Olleco have created an organic recycling initiative that provides a circular solution to the problem of wasteâ&#x20AC;¨produced by the food manufacturing, catering and hospitality sector. In 2014, they completed the construction of their Liverpool recycling centre which features a biodiesel plant powered by the outputs of an anaerobic digestion plant. The project is complex in its design but simple in its concept. Olleco collects waste food and used cooking oils and fats from its 50,000 food industry customers: hotels, restaurants, pubs, fast food outlets and canteens who would otherwise throw waste food into landfill and pour used oils into the drains. Once collected, the wastes are transferred to their recycling centre, which cleverly uses waste food and waste water to produce renewable heat and power which in turn is used to run an on-site conversion technology that produces biodiesel from the used oils and fats. www.olleco.co.uk

Uniflare Ltd One of Uniflareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major strengths is applied at the design stage. Using their experience and knowledge they work closely with their clients to offer the best and most efficient bespoke process. Their fully 3D in house design department uses the latest technology, allowing the client to walk through their process as they grow the project. Uniflare have worked on a number of major process installations using the latest technology to improve efficiency, reduce operating cost and increase plant availability. www.uniflare.co.uk

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shortlist Making the most of digestate HRS Heat Exchangers The system harvests and uses waste heat generated by the plant’s CHP. Using energy recovery technology during the sludge pasteurisation process reduces energy consumption by up to 70% compared to other pasteurisation technology/techniques (that do not incorporate energy recovery equipment) = lower CO2, fuel bill savings, reduced energy consumption. With digestate stocks likely to fluctuate, the system has been designed to handle half loads as equally efficiently as full loads – this half load rate function is unique to HRS technology and overcomes the inefficiencies of stop/starting the equipment and the process, plus helps better manage digestate stock fluctuations. www.hrs-heatexchangers.com

Joint entry – Strathendrick Biogas and Edina Strathendrick Biogas has solved a particular set of problems for a dairy farmer and created a successful business at the same time. Addressed were the specific challenges to the individual and the region and was shown the versatility of AD with both inputs and outputs. These ventures will help to demonstrate what can be achieved by applying a working knowledge of AD and technical expertise to local circumstances. In March this year, the success of the project was cemented by the purchase and commissioning of a second CHP from Edina of 600 kWe and 600 kWth. www.edinauk.com

Nijhuis H20K Ltd The Nijhuis Ammonia Recovery system is an efficient and competitive treatment system for removing and recovering ammonium from anaerobic digested manure, municipal and other organic waste waters. The results show that a stable ammonia removal of more than 80% can be achieved by the NAR system, which enables the possibility for biological treatment to reach discharge limits for surface water. Treated digestate can be reused to dilute substrates to enable digesting poultry manure or other substrates with a high dry matter content. www.nijhuisindustries.com

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shortlist Best supporting service provider Elsoms Seeds Elsoms have worked with their plant breeding partners to select a portfolio of “proven” varieties suitable for the UK market in each Energy Crop sector. Elsoms’ strong portfolio will enable farmers to concentrate on the rotational model, selecting the balance of energy and field crops that will provide their overall business with the best return. www.elsoms.com Pegasus Group As a result of successful projects the Pegasus Group has consistently enabled their clients to get the most in return from their AD plants by assisting in securing FITs. The approvals ensure the schemes benefit from the higher value FITs, which starting at a 100kW machine, can add a value of £10,000 per annum to the customer. www.pegasuspg.co.uk

Wilkin Chapman Ltd Wilkin Chapman is the largest law firm in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire with over 360 staff of which 50 are partners. They have a network of nine offices covering the region. Wilkin Chapman aim to provide all their clients with quality legal advice and a personal service whilst delivering value for money. Client service is at the heart of their business ethos and they ensure that all their legal advisors have the depth of knowledge and expertise to deliver robust solutions to meet the needs of their clients. www.wilkinchapman.co.uk

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shortlist Best small scale AD project Evergreen Gas In early 2015, the Broom House Farm AD plant was featured on the BBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Countryfile, and most recently has been noted by NatWest Bank as one of the top five renewable energy projects the Bank has been involved in during the last 10 years. It is also being used by Evergreen Gas and the Easom family as an education tool and showcase for farmers who are interested in the technology and wish to learn more about anaerobic digestion, allowing them to see a small-scale AD plant in action. www.evergreengas.co.uk New Generation Biogas Ltd The Archemax system from NGB is designed specifically for small scale on-farm use. Although equally suitable for industrial and food waste processing, the aggressive and optimised thermophilic process is ideally suited for the smaller quantities of feedstocks available on-site and for maximising the value of lower yielding substrates such as cattle slurry.

QUBE Renewables QuickQUBE has been designed by QUBE Renewables as a rapid deployment anaerobic digester designed to sanitise waste and create biogas for a variety of potential uses within a strong but flexible PVC container. QuickQUBE can be run from soft biodegradable wastes including human sewage. The quickQUBE can be manufactured in varying sizes as small as 5m3 to much larger digesters around 313m3 where using more traditional tanks made from concrete or steel may not be the best solution. As the quickQUBE increases in size, it can also be a cost effective solution for large amounts of feedstock. www.quberenewables.co.uk

The Archemax system is designed using modern automation techniques for ease of use, and has self-optimising process control that requires no user knowledge of AD. www.ngbiogas.com

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Best on-farm AD project Joint entry – Guy and Wright and Edina Guy and Wright grow tomatoes commercially. When energy costs rocketed, the inspirational John Wright looked to alternative energy sources. The family built their own digesters, successfully collecting the gas and using it to run small gas turbines whose heat drastically reduced their energy bills. This process also enabled them to apply for ROCs. John was awarded “Grower of the Year”, 2009. Their AD plant (fed by spoilt tomatoes, slurry, green food wastes), provides biogas for their heat, power and CO2 source, but the family have made significant innovative changes, including a CHP system from Edina, with electricity export bringing in vital revenue to re-invest in the business. www.edinauk.com www.guyandwright.com

Wyke Farms Wyke Farms believe in working in synergy with their surroundings and in operating their business in a way that has minimal impact on the Somerset environment. This is why they have created ‘Wyke Farms 100% Green’ – their integrated, long-term sustainability plan – and have become the first national cheddar brand to be 100% self-sufficient in green energy. www.wykefarms.com

Qila Energy The AD plant at Manor Farm, Clixby is the first 2-stage farm based anaerobic digestion plant successfully operating in the UK. The AD plant was built by Qila Energy. The design of the plant includes 2 hydrolysis tanks that run at thermophilic temperatures and a digester tank at mesphilic temperatures. The AD plant was successfully commissioned in August 2014. Since then it has run at 97.5% full load hours on a diet of duck manure, chicken litter, maize silage and sugar beet pulp. The capacity of the AD plant is 499kWe and it is producing enough electricity to power the equivalent of up to 1,200 average houses p.a. www.qilaenergy.com

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shortlist Best food and drink industry AD project Joint entry – Clearfleau and Diageo Diageo has worked with Clearfleau on development of on-site anaerobic treatment for distillery co-products. This is the second plant to be installed using Clearfleau technology. The plant was built in 2014 and is treating a range of co-products, including high-strength pot ale (not always easy to treat in anaerobic digestion). The robust process is able to handle all production residues from the distillation process. It is also suited to residues from distillation processes involved in biofuel production. The plant is tailored to the needs of the site and is providing the site with energy as well as reducing co-product disposal costs. www.clearfleau.com www.diageo.com

Wyke Farms Wyke Farms aim is to be one of the greenest brands in grocery today. Their ‘100% Green’ plan is backed up by promises to significantly reduce their carbon footprint and to produce all their energy from their renewable Solar and Biogas sources. As part of their commitment to this they are the only food company to make a list of Green promises on their website that they measure themselves against every year to monitor their progress and to publish online. www.wykefarms.com

Olleco Olleco have created an organic recycling initiative that provides a circular solution to the problem of waste produced by the food manufacturing, catering and hospitality sector. In 2014, they completed the construction of their Liverpool recycling centre which features a biodiesel plant powered by the outputs of an anaerobic digestion plant. The project is complex in its design but simple in its concept. Olleco collects waste food and used cooking oils and fats from its 50,000 food industry customers: hotels, restaurants, pubs, fast food outlets and canteens who would otherwise throw waste food into landfill and pour used oils into the drains. Once collected, the wastes are transferred to their recycling centre, which cleverly uses waste food and waste water to produce renewable heat and power which in turn is used to run an on-site conversion technology that produces biodiesel from the used oils and fats. www.olleco.co.uk adbioresources.org

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Best merchant waste AD project or plant Agrivert Agrivert identified the site near Trumps Farm in 2011 as a site that could serve the London market and other waste sources west of London. Planning was granted on the site in 2013 and financing was secured through Asset Finance and support from Grundon Waste Management. Within hours of securing finance, construction on the 2.4MW plant commenced and just 10 months later the plant received its first waste in February 2014. This construction time is unprecedented within the industry with many plants taking over 18 months or longer to complete. www.agrivert.co.uk Bio Dynamic UK Ltd The East Midlands Biogas Centre is Nottingham’s first and only food waste AD. Bio Dynamic’s objective is for zero to landfill for their waste food customers and for the site. The team has a passion for recycling and green energy production and is one of the few independently run companies in this industry. www.biodynamicuk.com

Biogen The new £12m state of the art anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at Bygrave Lodge Farm near Baldock in Hertfordshire processes food waste to generate renewable energy and a fertiliser for crops. The plant, which completed commissioning in November 2014 was designed, built and self-financed by AD specialists Biogen. It was developed as part of the company’s strategy to build a network of green energy plants across the UK. Biogen is responsible for the construction of 19 AD plants to date and has 5 operational plants across the UK with another 3 plants due for completion in 2015. www.biogen.co.uk Veolia As part of the company strategy to manufacture green products and green energy using waste, waste water and wasted heat, a decision was made to invest in the existing Veolia Secure Destruction facility located in Sheffield. This investment was in addition to a recent expansion of the Secure Destruction business already located on this site which involved the investment in new destruction technology and infrastructure. With Veolia already handling food waste through its portfolio of local manufacturers, retailers and National Account customers, the proposal was to produce a green product by processing the waste food into a resource that could be utilised directly by the AD marketplace to produce green energy. www.veolia.co.uk

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AD hero, team of the year Agrivert – operations and maintenance team The site staff are supported by a dedicated maintenance team of four who undertake all of the routine scheduled and any unscheduled maintenance which cannot be resolved by the site staff. The maintenance team play a key strategic role across the business through their support of not only the AD sites, but also Agrivert’s two IVCs and three OWC sites. The whole team is headed up by an Operations Manager and a Commissioning and Continuous Improvement Manager. www.veolia.co.uk RUR3 Environmental Ltd – Jacqui MacCaig Jacqui’s expertise is now provided directly to investors and developers of AD plants within the UK and her knowledge of feedstocks has provided the much needed reassurance that is required within this expanding industry. It is certainly believed that Jacqui’s involvement within the AD industry since its start up has given developers and their investors the confidence to enter into this exciting industry. Jacqui continues to develop these relationships and her expertise and knowledge will be an integral part to the expansion of AD in the future. www.rur3.co.uk SGN – Alan Midwinter Alan started with SGN in 1980, as a Governor/Maintenance Apprentice, working his way up through the ranks until 2011 when he joined Commercial Services in the unregulated area of the business as a Projects Manager. In 2013 he was promoted to Business Development Manager. He launched biomethane within the business almost

single-handedly, is self-taught (he studied a great deal of data, became familiar with five different types of biomethane clean up plant, and learned about AD biology) and has become the UK’s expert in biogas production and particularly biomethane clean up plants. www.sgn.co.uk Tamar Energy – operations team In the last year, the Tamar Energy Operations team has worked, with a range of partners and suppliers, to commission three commercial-scale AD plants to full operational status. In adding over 6.5 MW of energy generation and 145,000 tonnes organic waste capacity in just 12 months, the operations team has been instrumental in pushing AD up the UK waste management and renewable energy agenda. www.tamar-energy.com Joint entry – Tamar Energy and QV Foods The team behind the Holbeach AD facility has succeeded in forging an innovative working relationship between two partners at this unique plant. The plant is a joint venture anaerobic digestion facility between leading fresh and prepared vegetable supplier QV Foods and AD operator Tamar Energy in Lincolnshire. The plant is operated by Tamar Energy. The on-site team works very closely with counterparts in QV Foods, to ensure it is a safe, highly efficient treatment facility. It is this close working that has overcome the challenges of bringing together two very different industries. www.tamar-energy.com www.qvfoods.com

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