On-farm anaerobic digestion uptake barriers and required incentives: A case study of the UK East Midlands region

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:264

Article

Ackrill, Rob¹  Abdo, Hafez² 

[1] Nottingham Trent Univ, Dept Econ, Nottingham Business Sch Newton L8, Burton St, Nottingham NG1 4BU, England

[2] Univ Nottingham, Dept Accounting, Nottingham Univ Business Sch, Room C18d,Si Yuan Bldg,Jubilee Campus, Nottingham NG8 1BB, England

关键词: Anaerobic digestion;    Renewable energy;    United Kingdom;    Uptake barriers;    Waste management;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121727

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

On-farm anaerobic digestion (AD) can deliver renewable energy, improved management of farm wastes and the production of fertilizer, offering cost-savings, environmental improvements and potentially also revenue generation. The research reported here provides an in-depth exploration, in the UK's East Midlands region, of the factors behind the limited uptake of on-farm AD, compared with other on-farm renewable energy sources, and what stakeholders would like to see to change this. Data collection has been undertaken in three stages - a questionnaire sent to farmers, 18 interviews with stakeholders from the industry and policy sides of the AD debate, and a stakeholder workshop. The many barriers identified were grouped into political & institutional, AD awareness, and economic & technical. A range of incentives and policy responses are identified to increase on-farm AD uptake, notably coordinated information gathering and dissemination, streamlined planning processes, improved access to finance, and stable policies. Crown Copyright (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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