Leap Micro AD
12 Camley Street
Camley Street Natural Park, 12 Camley Street, N1C 4PW
London
N1C 4PW
020 8888 6293
Profile:
LEAP – Local Energy ADventure Partnership – is a cross-sector partnership seeking to support urban food waste management through the development of small-scale anaerobic digestion. The partnership was first funded by the London Borough of Camden in 2012, and has since been supported by the Technology Strategy Board and WRAP. LEAP includes:
- The Community Composting Network - instrumental in the development of micro AD in the UK since 2008,
- Methanogen UK Ltd - 35 years experience in digester design and engineering from large to small scales, founder, James Murcott’s digesters have a combined operational lifespan of 400 years.
- Guy Blanch - research engineer for Alvan Blanch – manufacturing experts in materials handling including pasteurisation, maceration and liquid/solid separation,
- Musetopia Enterprises Ltd - assessing the adoption of sustainable commerce over the past 10 years, including biomass, high altitude wind harvesting, pyrolysis, rainforest bond instruments and resource-based pricing.
- Community by Design – Camden-based community organisation dedicated to a vision of sustainability and community wellbeing.
- Mark Walker and Davide Poggio – PhD researchers from Leeds University - currently working on a parallel, multi-University, control focused community-scale microgeneration project – BURD (Bridging the Urban Rural Divide),
- Dr David Neylan and the Bridport Renewable Energy Group, currently developing a low-cost, DIY digester made from easily obtainable components,
- Aleka Designs – specialists in electronics design, prototyping and commercialisation.