We have today received very disappointing news from DECC, who have decided not to consult on changes to FIT to support smaller scale AD. This is despite the letter we received from Minister of State Greg Barker MP in November…
There’s plenty going on with biomethane at the moment – see Ollie’s blog for information on the possible restructuring of the RHI tariff, and my post a couple of weeks ago on Ofgem’s action to simplify grid connections. I’ve also…
The UK Government has published the conclusions of its review of the ‘balance of competences’ between the EU and UK governments on the Environment and Climate Change. The report, which we contributed to, can be viewed here. It is one…
As those of you who came to January’s Biomethane to Grid meeting are aware, DECC will be looking closely at various aspects of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) in 2014, particularly on the biomethane injection. (Tariffs and details around biogas…
The British Standards Institution steering group for the revision of PAS110 met on Wednesday and agreed revisions following the consultation which concluded in January. The document will now be revised by the technical author, circulated to the steering group for…
The latest meeting of the biomethane ‘campaign’ group, set up by ADBA and the Energy Networks Association (ENA), was held at ENA’s London offices this week. The group aims to break down barriers to biomethane, partly by following up on…
The Environment Agency, with support from WRAP, industry representatives including ADBA and funding from LIFE +, has developed a Quality Protocol for Biomethane which has been launched today. The Quality Protocol (QP) sets out end of waste criteria for the…
The final FIT deployment figures for 2013 have been published, showing accreditations and accepted pre-accreditations for December. The updated numbers, which can be found in more detail in the members’ area, show around 2 MW of additional deployment below 500…
Operators and developers have until 17 January to submit comments to the BSI PAS 110 steering group on the revised draft of the standard. To download, review and comment on the draft, you need to go to http://drafts.bsigroup.com/Document/Manage/52256 to register…
DECC have published deployment figures for Feed in Tariff accreditations and pre-accreditations in November, which have now been updated in the FIT Deployment and Degression section of the members’ area. For the second month running no plants with capacities above…
