Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Farrelly (Labour), on Monday, 13 December 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

<p>That this House recognises that anaerobic digestion is a renewable energy technology which should be exploited to the full in the UK given that, for example, a 50,000 tonne anaerobic digestion plant can produce up to 2.5 MW of electricity per year and that correctly sited plants could achieve high efficiencies if also utilising combined heat and power systems; notes that the UK produces, in addition to sewage and farm slurry, 8.3 million tonnes of food waste each year, much of which will be disposed of in landfill; and therefore agrees with major utilities like National Grid that increased investment in anaerobic digestion technology could make a significant contribution to UK domestic energy supplies.</p><p></p>

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1184 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Michael Connarty

Peter Bottomley

Jeremy Corbyn

Mark Durkan

Andrew George

Subjects

Renewable energy

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk