HoSt biogas plant - organic waste

Organic waste biogas plant in the UK

The turnkey biogas plant at Stanton Recycling in the United Kingdom tackles waste management challenges while producing biomethane.

Waste utilization

The turnkey biogas plant at Stanton Recycling – located in Ilkeston, UK – processes up to 40,000 tons of organic waste. Stanton significantly increases their sustainability through anaerobic digestion and membrane biogas upgrading technology. The generated biomethane is distributed through Cadent’s gas grid, the UK’s largest gas distribution network.

AD plant at Stanton Recycling

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This biogas facility, equipped with digestate treatment technology and heat recovery technology, processes liquid food waste and green waste through anaerobic digestion and membrane biogas upgrading technology. The annual biomethane production of 4,7 million Nm3 is sufficient to provide over 3,800 families with this renewable alternative to fossil natural gas.

HoSt biogas plant - organic waste
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Technical highlights

Input / feedstock type
Biogas capacity
Digesters
After digester
Digestate treatment
Heat recovery
Santitation tank
Biomethane capacity
Methane concentration biogas
Methane concentration biomethane
Biogas upgrading efficiency
Specifications
Maize silage, silage grass, green waste, and food waste
1,000 Nm3/h biogas
Two digesters of 3,584 m3
Digester of 2661 m3
Decanter centrifuge
Via gas upgrading unit
50 m3
570 Nm3/h
56%
97%
99.5%

Project characteristics

  • Turnkey suppley with a full EPC contract
  • Transforms organic waste into biomethane
  • Biogas plant is located directly next to the recyling grounds
  • The facility uses a biomass boiler for digester heater
HoSt biogas plant - organic waste