Are you are planning a biogas plant for your farm, supermarket chain, food processing plant, market garden etc? If so this FREE  ebook is just what you need to get started.

You’ll find out in no time what running an anaerobic digestion (biogas) plant involves, and this publication will help you decide whether to go ahead with your own AD plant.

While running a biogas plant is not difficult, it’s not just a matter of switching it on and forgetting about it until the next scheduled maintenance period ends. That’s why we produced our free ebook, and if the description of the person who needs to know, is you – and you want to operate a digester which is larger than just a home biogas digester – then you are in luck!

What you get from this ebook is:

How to Operate a Biogas Plant

The following is a taster for the topics covered, when you download this 21 page ebook:

How to Operate a Biogas Plant

Click on the button below for your copy!

eBook: UK Version 1.2, January 2006

Anaerobic Digestion Feasibility Studies Explained

This was our first product, but despite it being older than most ebooks you will see offered on the web, it still remains current, and is great value for such specialized information.

It remains as a unique starting point for anyone who wants to understand what will need to be done in order to assess the feasibility of their biogas project.

The information packed contents include sections on the following:

• ESTABLISHING THE FEASIBILITY OF AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PLANT
• HOW TO DEFINE YOUR MATERIALS SOURCES
• WHERE DO I START TO FIND OUT WHETHER OPPORTUNITIES EXIST IN MY COMPANY AND AREA?
• WHAT ARE THE RISKS?
• MORE BUSINESS RISK CONSIDERATIONS
• Gate fees
• Type of waste
• Heavy metals contamination
• Other contaminants
• Need for water supply
• Quantity of waste
• Length of contract
• Review of options
• OTHER BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS
• Optimise the mix of waste
• Capital plant costs
• Balancing capacity
• Architectural factors and public involvement
• Site and land costs
• Direct operating costs
• Income from digestion products
• Landfill tax
• Non-fossil fuel obligation and Carbon Dioxide emissions reduction
• Residue disposal
• SUMMARY OF FACTORS AFFECTING COSTS AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY

This is an essential read for all those taking their first steps to plan an Anaerobic Digestion facility. Read this and make sure that you avoid the BIG mistake that many new to projects like this make when starting their Anaerobic Digestion Feasibility Studies.

It will be updated soon, however, when we do update it we will have to raise the price to cover our investment. Get it now if you want to avoid the price rise!

Author: Steve Last. (11 pages)

Price: £4.95 inclusive.  (Acrobat file download)

Biogas Methane Explained is our most popular bonus ebook. It has been downloaded many thousands of times since it was written.

It is a compilation of articles we have written outlining the main benefits of biogas production from the anaerobic digestion process.

A number of methods of producing methane biogas using AD are also discussed. Which means that this ebook is both an INTRODUCTION for those who are new to this subject and an UPDATE to those that know a bit about the subject, but want to know more, or simply refresh their minds.

In short: Readers will understand exactly what biogas methane is and the positive implications for our planet of its increased production and use.

Author: Steve Last

 Price: Free                  (Acrobat file download)   

A list of suppliers and turnkey contractors for Anaerobic Digestion Plant (Biogas Digester) projects.

More than 80 companies listed with address, phone number, and contact emails.

Saves you many hours of tedious web surfing to collect this information.

This is a great time-saver for anyone looking to establish the feasibility of setting up an Anaerobic Digestion plant.

Justifying the cost of purchase is an exceptionally easy to make investment decision when you consider the many hours it would take you to do this yourself.

Buy now! The current low price of £9.99 will go up soon, and with the next revision we will have to raise the price substantially.

For more information click to the List of Anaerobic Digestion Plant Suppliers.

Price: £9.99              (Acrobat file download)
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“How to Develop Your Biogas Project from Feasibility Study to Revenue Earning”

Presented by: Steve Last.

This is for all those that are really serious about starting an Anaerobic Digestion Plant Project. Stop reading now if you are only casually browsing – this is not for you…

In this video Steve provides a short introduction into the main stages of any AD project, and then moves on to display a comprehensive flow chart of all the major tasks needed to transform the “idea” into reality.

The rest of the time is spent on this chart, working through each of the project tasks, with Steve describing the work needed within each task, explaining how the technical work feeds into the decision making process from initial study to hand-over.

This is a serious teaching aid. Do not expect fancy graphics and images, as these would simply distract from Steve’s aim, which is to leave the viewer with a clear understanding of what it takes to bring one of these plants from drawing board to reality.

Steve has used multimedia software to make this video by screen capture. You will see exactly what Steve was looking at on screen as he talks and he hovers his mouse over the salient areas of the chart.

The great advantage of this method is that the project flow chart which at first appears impenetrably complex becomes a “road map” which the AD Plant promoter/ client/ developer/ Local Authority Waste Management Officer/ estates or farm manager (to name but a few), can then work through. This is the closest thing we know of to a Start to Finish “blue-print” for the creation of a revenue earning biogas facility.

Steve has tried to include, in his presentation, for all plant types from budget priced agricultural systems to Local Authority projects serving town, and city MSW biogas digestion demands. The training is UK based, but US and other international buyers will find that the principles discussed remain the same.

Although Steve concentrates on the regulatory requirements for England and Wales, the presentation would be very useful to those planning to build biogas installations overseas, as the structure of the project would be similar. For most other regions and nations only minor differences to the flow chart are thought likely.

Bonus Materials

The following video presentations, by other presenters, each of approximately 40 minutes, are also included:

• Waste processing facility Development Strategy
• Waste processing facility Financial Planning for Private Charter investment (i.e. Getting big bank funding for up to 85% for large Waste Plant facilities (including AD Plants))

No Liability

Steve is quite specific about requirements for the range of projects described, but the information provided is only given for general educational and illustrative purposes. Some projects may be simpler than the presentation describes and some may be a lot more more complex, and extended. This is the nature of this work – each plant is to a large extent a prototype plant, with all the implications of risk both financial and technical, that the development of original works entail.

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This ebook is for all those planning all but the simplest and smallest AD Plants, and is aimed at all farm scale and larger projects which will be built by a specialist contractor.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Obtaining Adequate Plant Design Data
• Types of Digestion Processes
• Dissolved Biologically Contaminated Waste
• Mixed Solid and Dissolved Biologically Contaminated Waste
• The Difference Between Close to Market Technology and a Proven Technology
• Conclusion

This is a very valuable eBook for all those seeking to establish the best anaerobic digestion technology for their Biogas Digester. It could save you lot of money from the sections which explain the importance of obtaining adequate data before design commences, and assessing the market for the digester products you will produce.

Finally, the book explains the importance of distinguishing between ‘close to market’ technology and proven technologies.

Author: Steve Last (11 pages)

Price: £4.95 inclusive. (Acrobat file download)

It offers a practical intro to biogas plant design and operation, and the writer covers both the biological and technical elements of biogas generation.

The complete range of biogas substrates and processing strategies are explained, from rural and economic waste to sea algae and sediment.

On-site use of biogas for conversion into electricity, fuel and heat is also debated, as are safety and regulatory issues. The writers have used lots of real-world examples of EU biogas plants already in operation to explain the contents, and there also are many schemes, diagrams and outline tables to make the invaluable concepts conveyed easily understandable .

For this newly updated edition, the writers have included the current advances in the processing of biomass that now permit a bigger range of feedstock substrates to be used.

They have also extended the biogas analysing sections, and included a new chapter on the quality controls needed for feeding biogas into natural gas networks, which is the first we have seen in any volume.

There’s also a new chapter on the microbiology of biogas-producing bacterial communities. In our view, this is necessary reading for every one of those intending to make an investment in anaerobic digestion plants.

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A short Five Article Report to explain the very interesting recent developments occurring in the Dairy Farm Biogas scene in the US.

Steve Last wrote this short ebook in March 2009 for professionals and students seeking information about biogas digesters on US Dairy Farms, and we very much hope you will find it a useful general introduction to the subject of farm biogas.

Since 2009 the price of fuel has continued to rise and US on-farm biogas production has increased, so this report is even more relevant now than it was when it was written.

To download your copy click on the button below or  on the link that follows > US Dairy Farm Gas.

Price: Free             (Acrobat file download)
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