Apsley Farms 

He has his homework done that is for sure.

Ed loves it. To chat with someone so passionate for what they do in life is one of the reasons we love what we do at Grassmen.

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He has defo done his research.

Cheers mate.

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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed 😊

Your very welcome. Thank you

Extremely cool.

It's very professional that's for sure.

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It is cool to be fair. Thanks for the feedback

There is a lot of interest in hemp for the CBD oil. It's still pretty much in its infancy. I am aware of certain overseas interest and some potential research and development that could come to Ireland. We would certainly love to be a part of it as and when it happens.

Absolutely no expense spared.

Be safer taking all the diesel their burning a put it in a generator

The green element is coming from the carbon sequestration of the crops, they take in a lot more than the generators put out. Add exhaust gas scrubbing and you get a green process.

Barley

Genuinely live the concept. Would love to try one.

A huge amount, so glad I don't have that fuel bill.

Realistically a lot.

@@Grassmen l suppose it depends on what we are comparing when it comes to guzzlage (a new word l just invented as an alternative to consumption).

Indeed it's a very very busy farm. The accuracy displayed and attention to detail is awsome to watch.

Allowed to use red when handling the crop, but technically you have to use white when moving the digestate..

He gets the subsidy, started before they stopped it

Apsley farms, near Andover, Hampshire.

Congrats on your channel. Regards Donkey and Team

Near Andover, Hampshire

Not meaning to be funny here but I guess only time will tell. Farmers in all EU countries are fairly reliant on SFP for survival. I understand that the UK are no longer in the EU and lots of things may vary. Farmers will seek out diversification that suits their land and circumstances and ultimately pays them the most. That's just my we thought on it.

@@Grassmen I agree. farming is going to change and diversification is the key. We need the power in the UK so onshore wind needs to come back so there is more local generation and more local charging points for electric vehicles as they become more common. So, energy in one form or another is one way but buring food for fuel will get very political as the population is increasing at 500,000 a year in the UK alone. We need food and energy and when either runs out trouble will run in!

DingleZilla all fair points. But basically if food prices or food production prices change enough to justify it, there is still plenty of land that can be used efficiently to either produce that food or energy crops. No ones going hungry.

@@benpattinson1 I think you are missing my point and just so we are in alignment, I never said anyone is going to go hungry. There are many ther things to factor in, those being importation costs, animal welfare of foreign meats, environment care of foreign cereals and pulses and where land that is not currently for arable production in the UK you have to look at local climate (It may not be suitable to crops in every part of the UK even if the land is), soil types, soil depth and it might sound silly but the season length. I am not complaining, just making discussion. There isn't an easy solution to energy or food needs so it needs to discussion at all levels and that should be welcomed and made in good manner as we are here.

There is a bit of power to it alright

You have no idea how much a biogas produces, do you?

I suppose your siding with electric and tell me what is burned in the makings

Doesn't matter to them if it's green or not at the end of the day, the government subsidies are where the money is at. The carbon and methane capture seem like big positives for this particular setup though which not all plants seem to have, this will greatly reduce the environmental impact that is associated with a normal digestor at a guess.

As long as they are making money who cares

@America But how much more efficient is it than directly burning the diesel that powers the machines to make electricity? They are making gas using renewable crops way but doing so uses non-renewable oil to process it, i.e. it's impossible to call it "green" without the efficiency figures.

LOL. For 1MW plant you need a lot of fuel. he said is running all the time so i guess 90% time in the year is about 8000h. So for year you need 8000h*1MW=8000MWh, 1 MWh is 3600MJ so wy have 8000MWh=28 800 000 MJ given 36 MJ/L for diesel, we have 800 000 liters of diesel per year but for efficiency 50% we need 1 600 000 L of diesel. I have no idea how much oil they need to operate all tractors and equipment but 1,6 mil l of diesel is a lot.

Damien we must try and get a look at one sometime soon.

@@Grassmen I know the man who makes them he's me neighbour John kennedy

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As we said earlier. Only time will tell going forward. Lots of changes on the horizon for sure. But subsidies are relied upon in both sectors so I guess we just have to spectate in the interim.

John you may think it’s this way but in fact it’s not, I’m currently getting my degree in this sector and AD plants are my focus .. they are a very very profitable business when managed correctly. Not only do these plants create electricity which can be sold to the grid, they also produce liquid and solid fertilizers which can be sold also. Animal bedding is another of the bi-products and these plants can be fully self sustaining as this one seems to be. A great idea that I’ve seen here in my country which the owner who’s name I can’t remember says in this video he doesn’t do is put waste in them. Some people over here that had contracts within local councils and were paid to take away municipal waste were putting this municipal waste into the digestir creating electricity and the fertilizers, so they were being paid to take away the waste and then were using to waste to create products which could be sold and some use OSR which is pressed to create a cake & and oil which as you may know . Is then used to make diesel which runs their tractors and Lorrys ... so in a sense printing money 😉 high initial starting capital is the only drawback I see.

SBNT18 what makes it so profitable?

John Claffey A number of things John as with any business some will operate more profitable than others but in the case of that plant running off municpale waste, the owner is being paid by local comin old to remove the waste from waste water treatment plant and is then using that waste in the Difestory to produce the two kinds of fertilizer and electricity, so in a sense to make his product he doesn’t have to buy raw materials if that makes sense ? As in he’s paid to take the waste and the uses this to create the products, along with this what makes them so effective is if you speak to any arable farmer they will tell you one of the most expensive overheads in their business is the fertilizer they use to grow the crops, the energy farmers are creating their own fertilizer, as a bi-product to the process of anaerobic digestion .. so that overhead is taken from the picture.. the plants generally are fully powered by their own production- So if managed correctly and in the right areas with the right start up capital can indeed be extremely profitable, like anything though it’s a risk and everyday decisions are made that are risks and it’s a high stake industry- everything got to do with it is expensive! And as you’ve pointed out there is also government grants adding to this initiave

SBNT18 heavy metals from that waste makes food production unsafe in the future. These plants were originally proposed as a way of dealing with human waste. But crops produced more gas. PTO driven generation cuts out most of the steps. If this was done it would be abandoned for proper gas powered plants. One of the biggest plants in the UK was audited. Net energy production was very small. Plus it created huge traffic in small towns and villages. There were also a couple of major spills that destroyed rivers. I think the entire process is ridiculous. One farm profiled in Profi magazine showed just how much of the business was subsidy driven. The only way it can be paid for is with higher energy prices and redirecting tax money. The big scarcity scares were all bogus. The world is awash with oil and gas. Plus there is not a shread of proof CO2 is the climate control knob.