The new version of the PAS 110 standard for digestate from source-segregated biowaste has been published, and comes into effect today (31 July 2014). It is available on the WRAP website here (you need to enter contact details) or to…
Earlier this month WRAP launched a video to help promote digestate as a renewable fertiliser, which is free for members to use. ‘Using digestate as a renewable fertiliser’ provides practical advice for farmers and agronomists on how to maximise…
Feed-in tariff statistics for June were published yesterday, and can be accessed here. Total deployment now means that the following degression levels will apply to tariffs for new accreditations and pre-accreditations from 1 October 2014: <500kW tariffs will be degressed…
The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report entitled ‘Circular Economy: ending the throwaway society’. The Committee recommends several measures aimed at achieving a ‘circular economy’: A ban on food waste being sent to landfill That the government should support…
Together with the REA, we are working on a new system of data collection and ‘AD Safety Alerts’ for the biogas industry. This is designed to create clear information on incidents to help raise standards and reduce incidents and ‘near…
Further to a recent call for evidence on advanced fuels, the Department for Transport has today published a consultation seeking views on a number of changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). Among other things, this includes a proposal…
The EA have published their latest update on permitting changes for plants subject to the industrial emissions directive, which you can download here. This doesn’t contain many changes from previous updates, but is a timely reminder for plants which need…
We are continuing to campaign for DECC to extend the time allowed for plants with pre-accreditations from 2013 to complete their build and commissioning. This is in recognition of the time taken for many of them to receive approval from…
As previous updates have said, the process of producing Europe-wide reference documents for Best Available Techniques (BAT) in waste treatment is underway. This could have a huge impact on environmental permitting for AD sites. Once the BAT Reference Document (BREF)…
As we look forward to the full Feed-in Tariff review next year, we will be looking to get as much engagement from members as possible. All members will continue to receive news through this blog, AD & Biogas News and…