Recently, our Sustainability Director Charles Kane initiated a digestate dewatering trial at our Gorst Energy anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, aiming to reduce the liquid content of our soil enhancer (digestate), and to produce water that is clean enough to release back into the environment. What is digestate dewatering? Digestate dewatering is the process in which [...]
We are delighted that ENGIE UK have been shortlisted for The Energy Awards 2023 in the ‘Energy Champion of the Year – Organisation’ category. This award celebrates companies who ‘have made a demonstrable impact on the energy industry, whether through innovation, influence, or just plain enthusiasm and dedication’. There are five key ways in which [...]
Last week, we were delighted to welcome the Exeter City Council Net Zero team for a tour of our Gorst Energy anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. This visit was a valuable opportunity to discuss AD’s key role in helping decarbonise Exeter and the South West. Our Gorst Energy plant is helping to make Exeter more [...]
According to the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy, ‘the transition to a circular economy is not a matter of choice. It is a necessity’. Anaerobic digestion (AD) has a vital role to play in the creation of a circular economy, generating renewable energy from waste while working in harmony with local agriculture and communities. What [...]
Delivering green, local energy to Devon and the South West We would just like to take a few minutes to update you on the progress we have made during 2022 to support renewable energy production in the South West. We currently operate five Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facilities which generate renewable gas and [...]
At ENGIE UK, we are embarking on an exciting project to install carbon capture technology at our Sustainable Energy Generation (SEG) anaerobic digestion plant in South Petherton, Somerset. This will produce green carbon dioxide (CO2) for South West industries, as well as making the gas we generate for local homes carbon negative. Who needs CO2? [...]
Climate change is at the heart of global conversations this week, as world leaders gather in Sharm El-Sheikh for COP27. All parties involved have made environmental pledges, with the UK committed to decarbonising all sectors of the economy and meeting a target of Net Zero emissions by 2050. Anaerobic digestion (AD) has a key part [...]
ENGIE UK has now installed electric vehicle (EV) chargers at our Condate Biogas and Gorst Energy AD plants. This means that our team can charge their EVs with green, locally produced, low-cost energy while they work. EVs are the future According to the UK government, there are now more than a quarter of a million EVs [...]
We use a variety of feedstocks to produce home-grown green gas at our anaerobic digestion (AD) plants, including manure, farm waste, local food by-products, and crops. Some people are concerned that using crops for the AD process is a waste when these crops could become food instead. However, this over-simplifies the diverse ways in which [...]
Threats to biodiversity This week’s heat wave has once again demonstrated that the climate crisis is the greatest challenge facing society today – switching to renewable energy production has never been more of a priority. Yet this has led to an emerging conflict between the need to rapidly expand green energy infrastructures and the preservation [...]