Agrivert is one of the best-known and most respected names in the anaerobic digestion (AD) sector and has been in the organics recycling space for over 30 years. Harry Waters, chief commercial officer, details some of the company’s key projects and achievements.
Having already developed significant business in the sewage sludge and composting sectors, Agrivert commissioned its first anaerobic digester in 2010. Indeed, the Cassington plant in Oxfordshire was the first AD plant specifically built to service a local authority contract.
Agrivert then designed, built, owned and operated a fleet of food waste AD plants as well as building plants for others, until it sold all its operating assets, including five composting plants, to Severn Trent Green Power in 2018.
The AD plants, which generated circa 14MWe of power per hour, were consistently among the best performers in the UK, with production consistently at circa 97% of maximum output. This is only possible by getting all elements of the design and operations right.
The portfolio was one of the first to be successfully sold in the market and set the bar for high multiple EBITDA for AD assets. Agrivert...
Agrivert looks to new horizons
