Finance on-farm and industrial anaerobic digestion plants from £150,000 to £1,800,000, for converting organic waste into biogas. HP, lease, or refinance, compare rates from 40+ lenders.
Yes, anaerobic digesters are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £150,000 to £1,800,000, and most deals are written over 12–84 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£150k – £1800k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Feedstock supply is the key viability factor
Rates From
5.5% APR
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £500,000: a 10% deposit of £50,000, then 48 monthly payments of £10,548 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £556,304, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 20kWe On-Farm AD Plant | £120,000 – £200,000 | Small On-Farm Digester |
| 50kWe Containerised AD Plant | £300,000 – £420,000 | Containerised Digester |
| 130kWe Farm-Scale AD Plant | £650,000 – £850,000 | Farm-Scale Digester |
| 275kWe Farm-Scale AD Plant | £1,300,000 – £1,700,000 | Larger Farm-Scale Digester |
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Check EligibilityAnaerobic digestion plants generally qualify as plant and machinery for capital allowances, so a business can typically set some or all of the cost against taxable profits through the Annual Investment Allowance or other first-year reliefs, subject to your total qualifying spend for the year. Any specific renewable heat or gas support scheme terms change over time, so check current status directly with gov.uk or your AD supplier rather than assuming a figure from a previous scheme still applies.
The typical buyer is a farm, food processor or waste management business with a reliable, ongoing supply of organic feedstock, such as slurry, crop residues or food waste, since a digester needs consistent input to run efficiently and cost estimates published for similar-sized plants vary widely depending on feedstock type, site infrastructure and whether gas is used for on-site heat and power or upgraded and injected into the gas grid. Because digesters are complex, continuously-running biological processes rather than simple mechanical equipment, feedstock supply security, digestate storage and disposal, and ongoing operational management tend to matter as much to project viability as the capital cost itself, and are worth working through with a specialist AD developer before finalising a finance amount.
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