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May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD)
May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD) is an operational 2.4 MW anaerobic digestion plant in East Cambridgeshire, generating since 12 December 2013. Planning permission was granted on 29 November 2012, 18 months after submission. Operator of record: Barway Farms /Shropshire Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 9 June 2011 |
| Permission granted | 29 November 2012 18 months after submission |
| Operational | 12 December 2013 12 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 1 agricultural land.
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.5 | 10.4 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 10.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.15 | 11.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Under Construction | 4 | 11.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12 | 14.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 29.4 | 14.9 km |
How big is May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD)?
May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD) has a recorded installed capacity of 2.4 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD)?
REPD records the operator as Barway Farms /Shropshire Energy. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 9 June 2011. Permission was granted on 29 November 2012, 18 months later. The site became operational on 12 December 2013, 12 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 273.
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