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Agrilek Limited involved in pioneering Green Energy Projects

Agrilek is to play a key role in a pioneering scheme to convert farm crops into power.

A consortium, assembled by leading ‘Green Energy’ specialist Farmgen, has begun work on a £2.5million Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant, at Carr Farm, near Warton in Lancashire.

The plant, should generate 800kW of carbon-neutral electricity, and is scheduled to come on-stream later this year. Agrilek’s role is to carry out connections to export electricity to the National Grid; providing enough continuous power for more than 1,000 homes.

The consortium includes a number of leading members of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association, with process and technology business Monsal Limited supplying the AD expertise.

The Carr Farm plant is the first phase of a £30million pound investment to create the biggest AD “energy farming” expansion programme in the country. Construction on the second new plant in Silloth will commence later this year, with further sites already identified across Lancashire, Cumbria and Staffordshire.

With the UK Government's vision to see AD contributing up to 7.5% of the renewable energy needed to hit 2020 carbon reduction targets, future sites are currently being lined up throughout the UK.

Agrilek’s venture into the Biogas energy market should further benefit the company with continued growth and increased job security.