The European Parliament and the Council last week agreed an infrastructure plan for alternative fuels requiring Member States to establish publicly available CNG and LNG stations within certain distances. The compromise agreement does not live up to the Commission’s initial…
Defra have published a new version of their guidance on animal health regulations for composting and anaerobic digestion. The document, available here, remains a draft so should be treated as such. Any comments can be sent to me via matt.hindle@adbioresources.org…
DECC have shared their response to the EU State Aid consultation which we also responded to in February. The annex to DECC’s document dealing with renewable energy support schemes is available to download here. They have agreed with our principle…
This week, Defra has published experimental statistics on the areas of non-food crops grown in the UK. This includes the areas of oilseed rape, sugar beet, wheat, miscanthus, short rotation coppice and straw crops grown in the UK for use…
The European BREF process – which could see major changes to permitting for AD plants – needs information from operators over the next few weeks to inform the development of new regulation. The Bureau coordinating BREF development has published questionnaires…
Last week we responded to an Ofgem consultation on guidance for complying with sustainability criteria for the Renewables Obligation. The guidance – consisting of three documents which also cover Fuel Measurement and Sampling and guidance on the RO sustainability audit…
Defra have heard informally that it is unlikely that the Commission will make a proposal for European-wide end of waste criteria. This seems to be a reaction to the difficulties of getting agreement on criteria for other materials such as…
DECC have announced that they are to review the RHI tariff for biomethane later this year. A full RHI review was scheduled for this year, and DECC has been considering which aspects of the scheme should be considered. As they…
Defra and DECC have published a revised version of their guide to Energy from Waste, which can be accessed here. While it does not specifically cover AD, it does make several useful references to the importance of the technology in…
Following last week’s very disappointing news on FIT, we have updated and revised the members’ area to include more information on degression, and particularly how you can calculate future tariff rates. All of this is accessible by following the link…