Dustin Benton, Geen Alliance

1. THE OUTLOOK FOR AD AND THE
FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY
#UKADBiogas @adbioresources
CHAIR:
CHARLOTTE MORTON, ADBA
PANEL:
CHRIS HUHNE, ADBA
TONY GLOVER, ENERGY NETWORKS ASSOCIATION
ADRIAN GAULT, THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
DUSTIN BENTON, GREEN ALLIANCE

2. The role of AD in the UK’s
energy and resource future
Dustin Benton,
Head of energy and resources, Green Alliance

3. What can AD contribute to energy?

4. The North Sea
(cc) nc-by-sa Joe Dunckley

5. North Sea production vs biogas

6. Biogas projections
Graphic: National Grid

7. AD and the circular economy

8. Single sector opportunity: whisky
The bioeconomy opportunities in a single sector exist,
but are limited.

9. Working together: whisky, fish, pharma
Collaboration enables higher value products to be captured

10. Feedstock competition
Production scale determines transport networks, the number
of supply chain actors, and risk of infrastructure lock-in.
Scotland has perhaps 9 - 13 Mt of feedstock.

11. How to make it happen

12. New assumptions for collection systems
Organise collections and processing at the right scale for the
material.
Maximise material value, not collection savings.

13. Food
Scale
500 plants
£1.2bn investment
Value
£140m in biogas
Meet AD roadmap ‘targets’

14. What if we get food waste collection wrong?
Fewer AD plants or
more land-intensive energy crops

15. THE OUTLOOK FOR AD AND THE
FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY
#UKADBiogas @adbioresources
CHAIR:
CHARLOTTE MORTON, ADBA
PANEL:
CHRIS HUHNE, ADBA
TONY GLOVER, ENERGY NETWORKS ASSOCIATION
ADRIAN GAULT, THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
DUSTIN BENTON, GREEN ALLIANCE