North Yorkshire agricultural green gas plans submitted

Low carbon energy supplier ENGIE has submitted plans to develop an agricultural Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility  near Sherburn-In-Elmet in North Yorkshire.

The new facility will be located close to Engie's exsiting AD facility at Low Farm, Yorkshire
The new facility will be located close to Engie's exsiting AD facility at Low Farm, Yorkshire - ENGIE

The facility will take agricultural feedstocks and wastes from local farms and turn it into renewable gas and produce digestate, a byproduct of the AD process and a natural fertiliser that replaces artificial and expensive alternatives.

Stuart Rennie, Managing Director of Renewable Gases UK at Engie, said: “Farm waste in the local area is currently largely spread to land which releases carbon into the atmosphere. Our plans would instead see it used to generate a local supply of green gas which is all part of our national mission to make farming more sustainable and support the UK’s decarbonisation journey.

Rennie added that the facility create local jobs and support projects in the community through a dedicated Community Benefit Fund.

The proposal is being brought forward in response to the UK’s legally binding target to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Part of the challenge will be reducing the carbon footprint of both the UK’s energy consumption and agricultural sector, something North Yorkshire Council is addressing with its adopted Climate Change Strategy.

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