DECC have released data on their RHI 'Estimated commitments' page showing that the large uptake of biomethane in the RHI continued in November. The forecast expenditure for biomethane is now way above the level forming part of the calculation for…
The Guardian reported this weekend on using waste co2 from biogas plants to produce additional methane, in combination with hydrogen produced from waste electricity generation. This kind of project will become increasingly important as the intermittancy of the electricity grid…
DECC have released Feed-in Tariff (FIT) deployment data for November 2014. We already knew about the expected further 10% cut to the Feed-In Tariff in April 2015 for sub-500 kWe plants and the extra 5% cut to the 500kWe -…
The volume of household food waste collected for anaerobic digestion and composting in England nudged up in 2013, according to figures released by DEFRA. 270,000 tonnes are reported to have been collected in 2013, compared to 230,000 tonnes in 2012…
DECC have confirmed that there will be a further ~5% cut to the Feed-In Tariff for plants of 500 kWe - 5 MWe on 1 April. This is on top of the 5% cut which was applied on 1 October.…
ADBA has long been encouraging collaboration between academia and the AD industry. Since taking on this role I've discovered just how much research is being conducted by academia on all aspects of the technology from genetics to digestate to siloxanes…
Innovate UK (the Government body supporting innovation in the UK through grants) is to invest up to £2m in feasibility studies to stimulate innovation across four enabling technology areas: advanced materials; biosciences; electronics, sensors and photonics; and information and communications. …
Innovation funding We've been given some data detailing how researchers and companies in the AD sector have received nearly £5m in the last three years on innovation projects, solely from Government innovation funding (i.e. not including all research or WRAP…
Last Thursday I attended a meeting at Innovate UK – the Government agency that provides funding to organisations to support innovation and growth in the UK beyond the research base, including through the commercialisation of technologies. Myself, Angie Bywater of the…
On Monday I attended a workshop held by Ofgem on sustainability criteria for the RHI. I was pleased that Ofgem had gone to the effort of organising a workshop specific to the biogas and biomethane sector and it allowed our…
