A recently-completed anaerobic digestion (AD) plant will be ready to start injecting its first renewable gas into the national gas grid by the autumn. The Adnams Bio Energy plant, in Norfolk, was recently completed. A joint project by the Southwolds-based brewer, Adnams, and Bio Group, an renewable energy firm, will be the first plant in Britain producing renewable gas from organic waste for use in vehicles and for injection into the national grid.
The plant will generate the gas from organic waste produced by the Adnams brewery, plus food waste from local sources like restaurants, hotels and retail operations. The waste will be organically broken down to generate the renewable gas. The green fuel will be used to power the Adnams brewery as well as the firm’s lorry fleet. Excess gas generated at the plant will be injected into the national gas grid, under a partnership with the National Grid and British Gas. The first gas should be injected into the grid within the next couple of months.
Power for the plant will come from an array of the latest technology in photovoltaic cells and solar thermal power. There will be enough power to run the plant and the Adnams’ Distribution Centre. Excess power supply will be exported. At the end of the gas-production process, organic fertiliser will have been produced that can be used on the farmland producing barley that is then used in the production of Adnams beer.
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