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As I reported in my blog a few weeks ago, ADBA members have been invited to a sustainability criteria workshop by Ofgem. These will be criteria that operators will be required to meet in order to claim the RHI. I’m…

DECC have released data on the number of AD plants that are awaiting approval by Ofgem for the Feed-in Tariff. This is the following (as of 30 June 2014): ≤250kW >250-500kW >500kW-5MW Number Capacity (MW) Number Capacity (MW) Number Capacity…

DECC have published its latest data on RHI deployment up to the end of June. For biomethane, while there was not a significant increase in the expected expenditure from registered biomethane plants (called ‘accreditations’ in the chart below), there was…

Ed Davey has called 2013 a ‘record year’ for renewables, with renewable electricity generation increasing 30% on the previous year. This follows the release today of DECC’s latest Digest of UK Energy Statistics, which gives comprehensive statistics across the UK…

We are seeking examples of the UK AD industry exporting technology, skills and materials as part of gathering evidence for a proposal to the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to support research and development of the AD industry. The TSB…

The Technology Strategy Board have made £2.3m of funding available under a programme of support to the Agri-food supply chain industry. The funding is available to set up Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs). These involve the formation of a partnership between…

We are currently working with WRAP on finalising the annual survey of the AD industry they conducted earlier this year. We are pleased to say that the response rate to the survey has been good and a slight improvement on…

ADBA members have been invited to a forum to be organised by Ofgem on the introduction of sustainability criteria to the RHI. This is an excellent opportunity for the industry to make Ofgem aware of any questions that they feel…

2014 promises to be the best year yet for new AD plants, and there remains a strong pipeline. We do expect to start to see an impact in 2015 and 2016 following recent Government decisions to limit financial support, and…