UK biogas plant looks doomed
Following construction proposals last year, the future of an anaerobic digestion (AD) unit in Norfolk, UK, is now uncertain.
Although the power plant scheme at Crows Hall Farm would use manure and waste crops, the construction may not go ahead. The smell that would be emitted from the farm has been deemed an ‘unacceptable risk’ of pollution.
In a report to councillors, principal planning officer Nick Moys explained that the odours given off would impinge on the daily lives of local residents. The application has already received 30 letters of disapproval from inhabitants.
However, the methane gas released would be used to power a generator and produce enough electricity for 1,500 homes. Attleborough Town Council, the Environment Agency and Norfolk County Council’s highways department have not objected to the development.
Although the power plant scheme at Crows Hall Farm would use manure and waste crops, the construction may not go ahead. The smell that would be emitted from the farm has been deemed an ‘unacceptable risk’ of pollution.
In a report to councillors, principal planning officer Nick Moys explained that the odours given off would impinge on the daily lives of local residents. The application has already received 30 letters of disapproval from inhabitants.
However, the methane gas released would be used to power a generator and produce enough electricity for 1,500 homes. Attleborough Town Council, the Environment Agency and Norfolk County Council’s highways department have not objected to the development.
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