The Environment Agency has reminded farms and landowners to register exemptions to waste activities before many existing exemptions expire at the end of next month. According to the EA:Most farmers registered their current Agricultural Waste Exemptions before 2010, when the…
The process of revising PAS 110 continues, with the stability (Residual Biogas Potential) test remaining the major issue. The BSI steering group has decided that a workshop specifically on the RBP test is needed to move this forward. The proposal…
The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency has published a draft version of the form they will use for carrying out inspections of premises covered by Animal Byproducts Regulations, along with the risk matrix they will use to determine frequency…
The government’s first industrial strategy for Agricultural Technologies was published this week. It gives significant recognition to the important role that technology is already playing in farming, and what it can bring to farming businesses and the UK economy more…
I meet with, speak to and email ADBA members every day of the week. Without this interaction the policy team simply couldn’t do our jobs – we need to know what issues need resolving, and what success stories we can…
The EA has published draft guidance on complying with environmental permits, which has been expected as part of the transition to permitting under the Industrial Emissions Directive. ADBA members have contributed to the development of this guidance, which has now…
DECC have today disappointingly announced that they have delayed their decision on introducing RHI support to AD projects with a thermal capacity of over 200kW until the ‘Autumn’, which we have long called for to be in place. This is…
One possible shape for the future of green investment became a little clearer last night, as shadow chancellor Ed Balls MP spoke at a Green Alliance event on the future of UK infrastructure. Balls reiterated Labour’s support for a 2030…
As we build up to some of the debates at UK AD & Biogas – including on the future of farming, the challenge of sustainable intensification and AD’s place in the renewable energy roadmap – it is worth reflecting on…
The Spending Round announcement (more commonly known as the Spending Review) is designed to give high-level detail on spending limits for government departments. It therefore doesn’t give masses of detail on individual policies, other than occasional headlines which the Chancellor…
