Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential for generation of (a) electricity and (b) gas by anaerobic digestion by 2030.

Government has supported growth of the Anaerobic Digestion (AD) sector and the Clean Growth Plan highlights potential future uses of biogas for transport biofuels or gas grid injection.

The 2011 Anaerobic Digestion Strategy and Action Plan estimated the potential generation of between 3 and 5 TWh of electricity by 2020. To date, we have not undertaken any additional assessments of the potential for generation by ADs to 2030.