Government has launched calls for evidence examining the balance of competences between the UK and the European Union on energy and agricultural policies. These two reviews form part of the 32 taking place, which are analysing specific areas of EU…
An amendment which would have required the government to set a 2030 decarbonisation target for electricity generation in 2014 within the Energy Bill has been defeated by 14 votes in the House of Lords. The current draft of the Energy…
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has given strong backing to the treatment of food waste through anaerobic digestion (AD), declaring in a parliamentary committee this week that he was “a very strong supporter of AD”. Asked what Defra was doing to…
Debate over household energy bills has been high on the political agenda since the Labour party conference in September, where Labour leader Ed Milliband pledged to freeze energy bills for 20 months if elected in 2015. As many of you…
Robert Goodwill MP, the new freight minister at the Department for Transport (DfT) has outlined his support for gas and biomethane vehicles, while acknowledging that government recognises that the RTFO does not effectively incentivise the use of biomethane in transport.…
Last Thursday, on an unseasonably mild autumn day in South Wales, I attended a workshop in Cardiff which considered the various obstacles facing renewables looking to connect to the electricity grid. Some of the important issues raised by generators included:…
An inquiry into funding for low carbon innovation has been launched by the parliamentary Energy and Climate Change Committee. This follows a report by the National Audit Office into public funding for low carbon innovation, which concluded that since 2010…
The European Union is consulting on the sustainable use of phosphorus, which presents an excellent opportunity to make the case that digestate generated in the AD process allows critical nutrients, such as phosphorus, to be returned to land to support…
Farming Minister David Heath MP was the most notable casualty of the government’s ministerial reshuffle this week. Heath, who opened GENeco’s Avonmouth plant in December and was a supporter of AD, will be replaced by fellow Liberal Democrat Dan Rogerson…
Next week’s Transport Working Group will examine the progress the government has made in developing their HGV gas strategy and where we can input into the process, as well as mapping out the key funding opportunities available for gas vehicles…
