Yes. Our FACTS-qualified team supports nutrient planning, NVZ compliance and Farming Rules for Water documentation.
Digestate Management
Reliable digestate management solutions – supporting AD plants, farms and compliance
- Reliable digestate management solutions – helping farmers make better use of nutrients while staying compliant
- End-to-end digestate management that saves time, reduces admin, and simplifies on-farm operations
- Secure off-take, storage and application services to ensure digestate is available when crops need it
- ACTS-qualified nutrient planning and regulatory support to protect soil health and meet NVZ and environmental requirements
- Sustainable, auditable digestate solutions that improve long-term soil performance and crop productivity
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Our Experience in Digestate & AD Operations
AWSM has been supporting Anaerobic Digestion plants and industry for over 10 years and has a growing AD client base across the UK. Our operations deliver reliable, compliant and sustainable digestate solutions to both AD operators and the agricultural sector.
Increasingly, AD technology is being used in the UK to utilise feedstocks by turning them into a renewable energy source and nutrient-rich fertilisers. AWSM has a proven track record in the delivery of practical and cost-effective digestate solutions for all types and scales of AD projects.
AWSM has unrivalled knowledge and experience regarding digestate management and is committed to providing complete, compliant and auditable digestate solutions to its client base.
AWSM Digestate Management Services
To ensure uninterrupted service of our clients AD Plants and allow them to be able to affirm their compliance, sustainability and efficiency credentials to all their stakeholders including regulators, AWSM offer a wide range of support services, including but not limited to:
Digestate Off-Take
With a growing portfolio of contracted AD Plants across the UK, AWSM currently removes in excess of 750,000 tonnes / year of digestate from AD plants to farm. With a growing fleet, currently comprising over 30 tankers, AWSM has the transport capacity and storage infrastructure to transport digestate 365 days a year.
Digestate Storage Solutions
The effective management of digestate is complex in terms of the volume of digestate produced, available storage capacity, and demand, for spreading at any moment in time. The AWSM team continuously track production demand while accounting for the capacity and stocks of digestate within our storage network. On this basis, AWSM is able to offer a variety of tried and tested storage solutions, all of which can be individually tailored to match client requirements.
Digestate Application
AWSM’s dedicated spreading teams, supported by reliable subcontractors when required, utilise a large range of precision application spreading equipment to meet the demand and individual farm requirements. AWSM’s approach to digestate application ensures it is applied following current best practise application methods and at times when crops can optimise the nutrients applied.
Nutrient Management Plans
Members of the AWSM Environmental Consultancy team are FACTS qualified and routinely ensure clients maximise the effectiveness of their fertiliser, thus enabling them to demonstrate best farming practice in line with both their statutory and legal responsibilities. In particular the team has much experience providing current and pragmatic advice to clients farming within Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ), to demonstrate full compliance.
Farming Rules for Water Documentation
The AWSM Environmental Consultancy Team support clients when navigating the Farming Rules for Water and with the implementation of robust, cost effective systems to demonstrate compliance with the Rules.
FAQs
What is digestate?
Digestate is a nutrient-rich by-product of the anaerobic digestion process, commonly used as an organic fertiliser on agricultural land.
When can digestate be applied to land?
Digestate application must follow regulatory requirements and best practice, taking into account crop demand, soil conditions and environmental factors. AWSM plans applications accordingly.
Do you support compliance and record-keeping?
Can AWSM manage the full digestate process?
Yes. We provide complete digestate off-take, storage, transport, application and compliance support.
The AWSM Team
The Transport and Environment Management Teams working closely together, effectively manage the Digestate Management Services provided by AWSM. The services delivered by AWSM ensure the reliable and consistent collection of digestate from AD plants to supply our network of stores and ultimately spreading teams, for application to land as a nutrient rich fertiliser.
This holistic approach ensures uninterrupted operation of the AD plant, allowing AD Investors and Plant Managers to focus on maximising the profitability of their AD Plant and farmers confidence that a reliable supply of digestate is available when require.
