Buckinghamshire, help deliver green energy
A planning application has been submitted to Buckinghamshire Council for a new renewable and low carbon gas generating facility using locally sourced farm crops and manures.
It would generate enough green gas to heat 9,501 homes every year – roughly the number of homes in Haddenham and Thame combined.
But we need your help to make this happen!
Reasons to support this proposal
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Generating enough green power from local farm feedstock to heat 9,501 homes.
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Providing a secure, reliable and affordable source of green energy, reducing reliance on fossil fuel gas imported from Russia and elsewhere.
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Creating a renewable source of green energy that is urgently needed to decarbonise agriculture and energy generation sectors.
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Saving the release of 28,300 tonnes of climate damaging CO2 every year.
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Delivering biodiversity net gain by the planting of native species and hedgerows.
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Creating 100 jobs during the construction phase, with further associated jobs created once operational.
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Helping local farmers to diversify and remain viable.
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Creating organic nutrient rich fertiliser for use on local farms.
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Enhancing food security through tackling climate change and improving soil health.
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Supporting a range of community projects through the provision of up to £20,000 every year.
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No objections from any of the Council's independent technical advisors, including the Highways Authority, Environment Agency and Natural England.
What is green gas?
Biomethane is a green gas produced worldwide using natural processes within sealed agricultural looking tanks. Plants (such as energy crops and crop waste) and animal waste (such as manure and slurry) are recycled and converted into useful products by micro-organisms in the absence of air.
The products produced include biomethane, which is fed directly into the national gas grid as a way of decarbonising the grid. It can also be used as a vehicle fuel. This green gas would replace the use of climate damaging high carbon fossil fuel gases, saving the release of 28,300 tonnes of CO2 every year, equating to planting 1.13 million trees each year.
This facility will also create organic nutrient rich solid fertiliser, soil conditioner and a liquid fertiliser (digestate), which would be used on local farms in place of odorous raw manures and artificial, fossil fuel derived fertilisers and promote healthy crop growth.
