How it works
Elevate your land’s potential with Greenacre Energy. Build long-term partnerships and diverse income streams whilst nurturing a greener, sustainable future.
Greenacre offers a partnership opportunity that not only enhances your land’s sustainability but also provides a reliable income stream. The land needed is modest, typically within the region of ten acres, with potential storage on the farm for silage clamps and lagoons for digestate storage and water.
Discover how your land can become a cornerstone of sustainable energy production with Greenacre Energy.
Become a Green Gas Generator
Landowners can partner with Greenacre to establish AD sites on their property. This partnership offers several key benefits both for the land and financially.
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Landowners can generate additional income by collaborating with Greenacre to use their land for AD facilities, providing a long-term reliable income for landowners.
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AD facilities offer the opportunity to divert livestock manures via the process, helping to reduce emissions to air and water as a result of storage and application of these manures but also to have the opportunity of receiving the nutrients supplied back in the form of a managed stream of digestate biofertiliser. Diversifying the arable rotation by including energy crop production and applying digestate biofertiliser will present the opportunity to reduce the application of artificial fertilisers and certain pesticides, control problem grass weeds and improve long-term soil health.
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Anaerobic digestion offers a sustainable and reliable source of renewable energy. The biogas produced will be injected directly into the national gas grid. This helps reduce reliance on fossil fuels and contributes to the UK’s renewable energy commitment.
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The UK Government is supportive of anaerobic digestion as a renewable energy technology. Various financial incentives, such as the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS), have been implemented to encourage the development and deployment of anaerobic digestion projects.
Feedstock Production
Landowners can benefit from supplying feedstock, which involves the supply of livestock manures or growing specific energy crops.
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By participating in feedstock supply for AD, landowners can build resilience into their farming businesses. This includes supporting healthier soils, enhancing biodiversity, and contributing to carbon sequestration efforts. It also ensures a long-term partnership with Greenacre, providing stability in land use and income generation.
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Crop rotation practices and the use of cover crops and digestate biofertiliser can enhance soil health. These practices help build soil organic matter improving nutrient retention, water retention and infiltration and reduce carbon release, contributing to a sustainable agricultural business.
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Anaerobic Digestion provides an environmentally friendly method of recovering energy from livestock manures and returning the same nutrient value to agricultural land in the form of a managed stream of digestate biofertiliser.
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The biofertiliser (also known as digestate), produced as a by-product of anaerobic digestion, is rich in nutrients and can be used as a natural fertiliser for agricultural land. This improves soil quality, increases crop yields and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilisers.