IMechE - Sustainable Livestock Farming – Monetising Methane Emissions from Manure

Join our upcoming webinar to discover how taking action to reduce methane emissions on farms can tackle one of the UK’s largest sources of this greenhouse gas. We’ll examine the benefits of on-farm methane capture and anaerobic digestion (AD), showcase the latest technologies available, and discuss the key steps needed to drive faster adoption of these solutions.

This Event has been organised by the Process Industries Division of the IMechE in collaboration with the IFEAA. It is hosted by the Process Industries Division and promoted across the Process Industries Community which includes the Centres in the North West and Yorkshire Regions, the Aberdeen Area, the North East area.

Agriculture is the largest emitter of methane to the atmosphere in the UK currently, with livestock the primary contributor. Emissions of this potent greenhouse gas from manure can be avoided using Anaerobic Digestion (AD) or through capture from slurry lagoons to provide a renewable fuel, which can be used on farm to power tractors and generators or sold for use off farm. This approach brings benefits for farmers by reducing fuel costs and providing additional income from fuel sales, alongside the environmental benefits of mitigating global warming and reducing air quality degradation. This webinar will explore the rationale behind on farm methane capture and AD, share new technologies on the market to do this, and consider actions that are needed to accelerate uptake of these approaches.

The webinar will include presentations from IFEAA (International Fugitive Emissions Abatement Association), a not-for-profit organisation working to accelerate action to reduce fugitive GHG emissions; Bennamann on their technology to capture methane emissions from slurry lagoons; and a manufacturer of on farm anaerobic digestion systems.

Webinar Plan

• Chair’s introduction (5 mins)
• IFEAA - quantifying agricultural methane emissions, the need for on farm methane capture and anaerobic digestion (10 mins)
• Bennamann – Methane capture technology (10 mins)
• TBC – On farm anaerobic digestion (10 mins)
• IFEAA – enablers for uptake of on farm methane mitigation (5 mins)
• Q&A