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Do you require assistance with an application for an anaerobic digestion plant? Please contact us for a quotation.
You may need one of the below permits:
SR2010No15 Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas
SR2010No16 On-farm anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas
SR2010No17 Storage of digestate from anaerobic digestion plants
What are the constraints of an Anaerobic Digestion Permit? (Based on SR2010No15)
10 metres of any watercourse
50 metres from any spring or well, or from any borehole not used to supply water for domestic or food production purposes, and
250 metres from any water abstraction point or borehole used to supply water for domestic or food production purposes
500 meters from SSSI
250 meters from dwelling
Which Activities can you carry out with an Anaerobic Digestion Permit?
R13: Storage of wastes pending the operations numbered - Treatment of waste including shredding, sorting, screening, compaction, baling, mixing and maceration. Digestion of wastes including pasteurisation and chemical addition. Gas cleaning by biological or chemical scrubbing. Gas storage and drying. Treatment of digestate including screening to remove plastic residues, centrifuge or pressing, addition of thickening agents (polymers) or drying. Composting and maturation of digestate. The maximum throughput of animal wastes shall be <10 tonnes per day. The total quantity of waste accepted at the site shall be less than 75,000 tonnes a year.
R1, R3 and D10 R3: Recycling or reclamation of organic substances that are not used as solvents
R1: Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy. The use of combustible gases produced as a by-product of the anaerobic digestion process as fuel. Except for the auxiliary flare, the aggregate rated thermal input of all appliances used to burn biogas shall be less than 3 megawatts.
What supporting documents will you need for an Anaerobic Digestion Permit?
Maybe an Odour Management Plan
Maybe a Noise Management Plan
Emissions Limits for an Anaerobic Digestion Permit?
For a free initial consultation please Email or Phone.
Emission Point
and Source |
Parameter | Limit (including units) | Monitoring Frequency
and Standard or Method |
Stacks on Engines |
Oxides of
Nitrogen Carbon monoxide Suphur dioxide Total volatile organic compounds including methane Non methane volatile organic compounds |
500 mg/m3
1400 mg/m3 350 mg/m3 1000 mg/m3 75 mg/m3 Emission levels at Normal Temperature and Pressure and 5%O2, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Agency |
Annual monitoring
Monitoring equipment, techniques, personnel and organisations employed for the engine stack emissions monitoring programme (including the measurement of exhaust gas temperature) shall have either MCERTS certification or MCERTS accreditation (as appropriate). |
Stacks on
Boilers Burning Biogas |
Oxides of
Nitrogen Carbon |
No limit set | No limit set |
Auxiliary Flare | Oxides of
Nitrogen Carbon monoxide |
No limit set | No limit set |
Pressure
Relief Valves |
Biogas | No limit set | No limit set |