Six percent of Northern Ireland’s electricity come from biogas but could be 65%

In the UK, Ireland’s Agriland reports that 6% of Northern Ireland’s electricity currently comes from nearly 80 biogas plants in the region, but there is scope for that to increase to 65% or more. A recent conference looked at the use of silage as feedstock together with manure, with results showing that due to anaerobic digestion’s similarity with how the rumen functions, growing and harvesting silage to ensure its digestibility by the AD system will boost production.