Cenin Limited, Anagest, TEG, developing Anaerobic Digestion plants for food waste creating renewable energy in Wales
A Closed Loop System
We recycle everyday food waste and food manufacturing by-products to use it as fuel to generate energy for local business use, boosting the local economy and creating jobs.
Our ’closed loop’ system recycles the food manufacturing by-products into biogas to utilize the energy value which leaves a rich fertiliser where nutrients are returned to the soil on local farms to grow more food and energy crops.
Sustainable, secure, reliable and affordable energy is vital for the local economy, this is sustainable energy management.
A win-win sustainable solution
By producing renewable energy we will reduce the amount of food waste and food manufacturing by-products going to landfill. Generating energy in this way reduces CO2 emissions and produces a very valuable fertiliser negating the need for synthetic fertilisers, again reducing emissions.
The process is virtually odourless because it takes place in sealed tanks and will reduce the smell of the manure currently used on the farmland we have available. It is noiseless and will have very limited visual impact because the tanks will be sunk into the ground and screened by trees.
Richard & Lyn Anthony have been farming in Tythegston for 11 years. Environmental stewardship has always been a priority to them and they have received various awards for their conservation and environmental work. The AD plant will assist them to farm more sustainably by producing energy out of some of their products. Using the nutrient rich organic digestate as a fertiliser on the 2150 acres they farm, will reduce the smell from the organic manures they currently use by 80% and reduces the risk of land and water pollution through residues. AD means the nutrients are now in a form more available to crops than any manure initially entering the system.
The electricity and heat produced by the AD plant will largely be used by Cenin in its specialized manufacturing process which is recycling industrial by-product material to produce a low carbon footprint cement replacer. The world currently uses 2.75 billion tonnes of cement and is expected to increase to 5 billion by 2025. Cenin Ltd aims to provide a sustainable, environmentally friendly solution by reducing excessive carbon dioxide emissions and industrial manufacturing by-products. As a company aware of it’s environmental impact Cenin aims to demonstrate that local SMEs can prosper in a low carbon economy. Any surplus electricity will be sold to the National Grid.
Feedstocks that will go into the facility are agricultural by-products, such as livestock manure, which is already spread on the land; crops grown by R & L Anthony, such as maize and grass silage (mainly break crops, therefore enhancing food production); and food manufacturing by-products. offer a value for money organic waste solution with minimal carbon impact to Councils and other waste producers in South Wales. The facility is moving organic waste treatment to new levels in the UK and together with organic waste solutions provider TEG we are very excited to be in the vanguard of such an important development.
Our ’closed loop’ system recycles the food manufacturing by-products into biogas and a leaves a rich fertiliser which we use on local farms to grow more food and energy crops
Anagest is a partnership between Cenin Cement Ltd a manufacturer of ultra low carbon cement replacements and R & L Anthony, a family run farming business based on the Tythegston Estate near Bridgend, South Wales, UK
Cenin is also developing a low-carbon business park with land available for recycling businesses wishing to utilise our green energy
TEG Director of Projects Nial Rees is based at Stormydown and can be contacted on 07971 636 333.
TEG Wales Projects Office
Cenin R&D Facility, Stormy Down
Bridgend, CF33 4RS
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