Formulating novel fertilisers and land conditioners from bioenergy wastes
Lead Participant:
STOPFORD LIMITED
Abstract
This project seeks to formulate complete, (N:P:K) balanced, agricultural fertilisers by combining and
processing bio-energy wastes; anaerobic digestate, and ash from thermal conversion of woody biomass.
The innovation in this project will be to extract the nutritional and land conditioning value from these
two waste streams to formulate a product with an exact specification that offers superior performance
to conventional manufactured fertiliser products, thereby increasing primary productivity by up to 10%.
Sourcing nutrients from waste materials presents a more environmentally and geo-politically
sustainable approach to conventional fertilisers sourced from finite sources of phosphorus (rock
phosphate), and highly energy-intensive and price-sensitive nitrogen, thereby improving food security.
Given the reliance on made fertilizer for maintaining primary productivity and the global demand for
these products, innovation in this area presents a significant commercial opportunity for SEE.
processing bio-energy wastes; anaerobic digestate, and ash from thermal conversion of woody biomass.
The innovation in this project will be to extract the nutritional and land conditioning value from these
two waste streams to formulate a product with an exact specification that offers superior performance
to conventional manufactured fertiliser products, thereby increasing primary productivity by up to 10%.
Sourcing nutrients from waste materials presents a more environmentally and geo-politically
sustainable approach to conventional fertilisers sourced from finite sources of phosphorus (rock
phosphate), and highly energy-intensive and price-sensitive nitrogen, thereby improving food security.
Given the reliance on made fertilizer for maintaining primary productivity and the global demand for
these products, innovation in this area presents a significant commercial opportunity for SEE.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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STOPFORD LIMITED | £230,850 | £ 126,952 |
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Participant |
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STOPFORD ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT LIMITED | ||
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY | ||
MAGNA PARVA LIMITED | ||
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY | £43,350 | |
INNOVATE UK |
People |
ORCID iD |
Michael Wilkinson (Project Manager) |