The manure surplus is increasing for Dutch farmers. Whether it concerns cattle or pigs, the manure surplus is becoming an increasingly acute problem. More and more initiatives are emerging in the country to solve the manure problem. The vast majority of initiatives are biogas installations. There are already several manure digesters in the Netherlands.
However, this has not yet found the solution to the manure problem, given the fact that the amount of manure is not reduced but increased by this application. Various organizations seek publicity with initiatives. This results in a response where results and forecasts are seriously questioned. In addition, there are initiatives in which financial interests play a greater role than actually solving the manure surplus. This leads to reticence among livestock farmers, which is not good for the sector.
We at Kamplan have been developing manure processing installations since 1990. At that time, there were already sporadic signs of the current manure surplus. For the past 20 years, we have been continuously developing an installation that can actually solve the manure problem in the Netherlands. We embarked on this trajectory at the time with the aim of building a manure processing installation based on a biological process with the following primary conditions:
– The process must be fully automated
– The process must be measurable and verifiable
– It must be a continuous process with a constant effluent
– The process must run smoothly for at least 1 year
We are currently the only party in the Netherlands with an organic manure processing installation. The installation distinguishes itself in particular through the use of sustainable innovative elements and a fully automated system with sampling, control moments and a unique control system, which allows the installation to perform optimally with minimal energy consumption. That is the strength of this installation and an important condition for the future of the system.