Public Funding for Sem Energy Limited

The UK is the eleventh largest milk-producer in the world, with 2.65 million dairy cows producing 12.6 billion litres of milk each year, worth £4.5billion. Across the UK, dairy cows produce dry mass of over 2 million tonnes/year of excreta, traditionally spread onto arable land and grassland as fertiliser. However, land-spreading causes land, water, and air pollution, damaging agricultural soils, leading to eutrophication of water courses, and increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Working with Agri-EPI Centre, SEM Energy will develop a pilot-scale, zero-waste, on-farm slurry management system to transform slurry into valuable byproducts including fertiliser, growth substrate, and water for reuse.