North Shropshire farmers are proposing to generate green energy from farm waste at Wykey Farm, Ruyton XI Towns.
The proposed plant would generate circa 1100kwh of electricity each hour of
operation (sufficient to supply approximately 1,000 residential properties) and
would utilise approximately 22,900 tonnes of feedstock per annum.
The preferred supplier for the technology is Marches Biogas, a Shropshire company.
It is proposed to use cow slurry and energy crops (mainly maize) grown at Wykey Farm as well sourcing more feedstock from local poultry units in the form of chicken manure. This is currently already being brought onto farm and spread on fields in its raw state.
However the use of Anaerobic Digestion allows this material to first be rotted down to pre-condition it, in many ways improving it and create renewable energy in the process. The resulting compost like material can then still be spread on the land afterwards to confer agricultural benefit, so it seems like a win, win for people and the planet.
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