‘Walk & Talks’
Old Parsonage Farm, Dartington
19th September – 1pm / 3.30pm / 5.30pm
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Join tenant farmer Jon Perkin and the Tresoc team down on the farm to discover how a 100kW anaerobic digester on the Dartington estate could process farm yard manures with other green materials and food wastes from cafes and restaurants on the Dartington Estate, and turn it into renewable energy.
Free, but you need to register at: info@tresoc.co.uk
Kids very welcome
The AD plant would generate green, low cost energy for local businesses, increase regional energy security, displace burning of fossil fuels for electricity, use waste products, divert waste from landfill, provide an opportunity for local people to invest locally and directly access the economic benefits, and support local jobs.
How it works
Organic waste materials processed by anaerobic bacteria in a digestion tank on the farm would produce methane gas, which would then be used to generate electricity and heat – a method that is beneficial for the environment. The spent digestate, with valuable plant nutrients, would be used as a clean organic fertiliser on the farm.
The feasibility study has been carried out by Tresoc in partnership with tenant farmer Jon Perkin, of Old Parsonage Farm (home of Dartington Dairy), the Dartington Hall Trust (DHT) and Dr Phil Hobbs of Anaerobic Analytics. Totnes based Argand Solutions has been monitoring the energy demand of Old Parsonage Farm and the wider Dartington Estate, and has determined that an AD plant would work.
