{"id":5,"date":"2020-05-13T13:48:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T13:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2021-10-07T14:03:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:03:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/files\/2020\/07\/Headcard-2.png?resize=418%2C203\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/aims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tACTUATE is developing anaerobic digestion demonstrator systems in Ghana and Nigeria to deliver electricity, sanitation improvements and sustainable fertilizer for crops.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are co-delivering two community-based pilot bioenergy systems in Ghana and Nigeria to highlight the technology\u2019s benefits including:Management of wasteEnergy production from biogasImproving soil and food securityImproved health<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/aims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur aims\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/files\/2020\/07\/Digester-circular-economy-1-e1595506553779.png?resize=800%2C410\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Working with communities<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe are working closely with schools, universities, research institutes, NGOs and SMEs to show how this example of a circular economy positively impacts on human health and the environment, as well as looking to develop safer practices with stakeholder groups. The two systems are co-designed with local partners in response to the demands of their settings.<\/p>\n<p>Investment and commercialisation<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tACTUATE is engaging with local SMEs and entrepreneurs to support the expansion and pre-commericalisation of the technologies. We are offering training opportunities for stakeholders to manage and support the continued use of the systems.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/row --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">ACTUATE is developing anaerobic digestion demonstrator systems in Ghana and Nigeria to deliver electricity, sanitation improvements and sustainable fertilizer for crops. We are co-delivering two community-based pilot bioenergy systems in Ghana and Nigeria to highlight the technology\u2019s benefits including:Management of wasteEnergy production from biogasImproving soil and food securityImproved health Our aims Working with communities We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1289,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"builder.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/1354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/actuate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}