Statutory guidance

SR2010 No 16: on-farm anaerobic digestion facility

Standard rules to allow you to carry out on-farm anaerobic digestion of waste.

Applies to England

Documents

SR2010 No 16: on-farm anaerobic digestion facility (not available for permit applications made after 7 January 2013)

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Generic risk assessment for SR2010 No 16

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Details

These standard rules allow you to:

  • carry out on-farm anaerobic digestion of waste
  • use the biogas in compression and spark ignition engines with an aggregate rated thermal input of up to 3 megawatts

These rules are not available for permit applications made after 7 January 2013.

Published 16 July 2012
Last updated 3 April 2019 + show all updates
  1. We have updated the interpretation section 4.4 of the standard rule with a revised definition for the term ‘European Site’

  2. First published.