Cockle Park Farm
Cockle Park Farm is a working 307 hectare mixed farm situated near Morpeth. The farm is owned and operated by Newcastle University.
The energy system at Cockle Park Farm includes:
- Grid-connect anaerobic digester
- Solar photovoltaics
- Electricity power
- Combined heat pump
We are using the farm’s energy system to learn more about:
- Harvesting by-products from the anaerobic digester
- Making use of excess heat or humidity from animal barns to use in a farm heat network
- How we can calculate the carbon footprint of the farm
- How to meet the energy trilemma for the farm, balancing cost, carbon and resilience
