Governments Must Start Now to Put Real Research Money Into Anaerobic Digestion

 by Steve Evans

There is stark and disappointingly vast contrast between the UK government’s stated desire to create a low carbon economy for the UK and its financial commitment finding the solutions. If we are to fight climate change effectively we must now see real commitment and action from the UK Government.

For all the concern and apocalyptic talk setting out the need “to make real progress now” by Alastair Darling in last month’s (April) ‘Meeting the Energy Challenge’, White Paper, it seems government still expects the private sector lead the nation’s war against climate change.

One example close to our hearts at Anaerobic-Digestion.com is research into low carbon energy technology. This is essential in Anaerobic Digestion technology and is the next task to be tackled if the UK is in fact going to comply with the recent Stern Report’s demand for action to support innovation and develop the promising technology of Anaerobic Digestion.

Anaerobic digestion has been described in many ways, but for the non-technical it can be described as being the sort of natural fermentation in the presence of insufficent oxygen which takes place in our stomaches. Indeed, some have even described it as the science of the ‘fart”.

Now, this is not going to gain the technology any fans! However, we use the term merely to emphasise how natural a process it is, although it usually takes place in large tanks which can look really quite alrmingly industrial and futuristic, there is actually nothing alarming or unnatural occurring here.

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