ADBA Calls for Urgent Action on GGSS Budget Cap
The Government’s Green Gas Support Scheme is key to incentivising growth in the sector, but its operational budget was filled for the foreseeable future on 12th June. This means that any project that has not reached the point of being given…
EC judgement on the Irish Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO) proposal and French biomethane mandate
By Dr Gareth Mottram, Policy Lead, ADBA. Back in August last year, I wrote an article on the proposal for the Irish Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO). Within that I flagged that this proposal had a significant risk of not…
Crop-Derived SAF: AD Has a Role — If Policy Gets the Basics Right
ADBA has submitted its response to the government's call for evidence on crop-derived sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Our central message is straightforward: the UK has real, scalable domestic feedstock potential for crop-based SAF — including via biogas-to-SAF pathways — but…
Sludge Spreading Reform: ADBA Calls for a Smarter, Product-Focused Approach
The regulation of sewage sludge spreading in England is long overdue for reform. ADBA has submitted its formal response to Defra's consultation on the future of the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989, setting out a clear position: the current…
Building a resilient, low carbon gas system: ADBA’s perspective on the Government’s Security of Supply Consultation
As the UK navigates the transition to a decarbonised energy system, the question of gas security has never been more important. In our response to the Government’s Gas System in Transition: Security of Supply consultation, which closed yesterday, 18 February,…
Methane action plan ADBA review
On 29 October, the UK Government published its updated Methane Action Plan. Here we take a look at some key points that touch the AD sector. Agriculture UK agriculture is responsible for 48% of methane emissions, and has seen a…
Long running rates challenge set for hearing at upper tribunal , Royal Courts of Justice in April 2026?
Leading business rates advisor to the sector, Handel Rating Consultancy (HRC Limited) have now referred their lead case appeals to the Upper Tribunal / Lands Tribunal, for a final decision on the appropriate approach to the valuation for rates purposes…
URGENT – Have Your Say: ROC De-Indexation Consultation
On 31 October the Government published a consultation on the Renewables Obligation, essentially proposing to freeze or at least change the indexing of payments relative to inflation - changing the base of Renewable Obligations Certificates from RPI to CPI. This…
Republic of Ireland Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO) draft bill
In the run up to the ADBA Northern Ireland Conference, ADBA's Policy Lead Dr Gareth Mottram analyses whether Northern Ireland will get included in the Republic of Ireland's Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO) “domestic” classification. Overview The Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO)…