Today I attended an Energy Networks Association Biomethane Working Group meeting, which is a group we met up with the Energy Networks Association to bring together the gas distribution networks, ourselves and the REA and to work on making regulation…
DECC today released data which confirmed that 2014 Feed-in Tariff (FIT) deployment has already passed the trigger for a 20% degression in the sub 500kW tariffs in April 2015. This reduction will be calculated from the current tariff, not the…
Questions answered on RHI biogas heat payment calculations We have been liaising with Ofgem on the RHI payment and metering rules for biogas plants in the RHI. Just one biogas plant has been accredited to the scheme so far, but…
We seek member views on the assumptions in cost model that DECC have asked us to put together for their biomethane tariff review. This indicates that the current £75/ MWh RHI rate is too low to incentivise biomethane plants under…
DECC have laid the legislation that will (subject to Parliamentary approval) expand the RHI to biogas plants with a thermal capacity above 200 kWth. This follows on from their decision in December to expand the scheme. These will come into…
We have updated the AD pipeline page of our website with the latest information on the number of operational AD plants, broken down by CHP, heat-only and biomethane-to-grid, as well as including figures on the feedstocks used in each sector…
Charlotte and I this week attended the launch of Evergreen Gas’ small scale biogas upgrade facility near Ludlow in Shropshire, which converts raw biogas into fuel suitable for transport vehicles. Biogas for use in vehicles offers huge potential through its…
Following new Ofgem statistical releases on FIT deployment, we have updated the FIT Deployment & Degression page of our website. With two months of data now available for 2014, we can start to assess deployment against the degression triggers. For…
Thank you to those of you that have responded to our request for cost data for the DECC RHI biomethane tariff review. We now have a broad range of cost data, particularly on the biogas upgrading side. We would still…
DECC have published their quarterly forecast of deployment in the RHI, and the implications of this for their RHI degression mechanisms, including for biomethane. We have updated our analysis of this on the members’ area, which you can see here:…
