DEFRA have published the results of economic research on the local impacts of anaerobic digestion on agricultural land rental values and the environment. In terms of land rentals the key finding is that "Spatial modelling of land rental values found no…
The Government has announced that it will be investing £26.3 billion in science up to the year 2021. This is approximately £6bn per year. This funding is key to the long-term success of the AD sector, as research funding to…
Two research papers have been published on the extraction of phosphorus from digestate and use in agriculture. Phosphate rock is included in the EU list of ‘critical raw materials’ and is ranked 20th in an index of commodity price volatility, so…
National Grid have been succesful in winning Ofgem funding to research how to "minimise the cost and time of connections to the National Transmission System (NTS), with particular focus on unconventional gas connections". The £5m project, called "Project CLoCC - Customer…
The RHI biomethane tariff is set to be reduced by 10% on 1 April 2016. Biogas heat will also be degressed by 10%. For biomethane, load factors lower than those originally estimated by operators have had the effect of reducing…
We've updated ADBA's AD plant database with all the latest details on new operational plants and plants moving through the planning process. As well as providing information on individual plants, this spreadsheet provides the basis for the market reports we…
Energy tariffs for electricity and biomethane have been falling at a rapid speed over the last 2-3 years. The industry is currently unable to cut costs of producing energy at this rapid rate. The cost of generating energy from anaerobic…
Innovate UK, the UK government's innovation branch, is providing funding to support innovation in a number of fields: The Energy Game Changer provides funding of up to £1.5 million in technical feasibility studies to encourage new entrants to the energy sector…
Two research papers have been published this week on how to improve biogas production. The first considers the glamourous world of herbivore anaerobic gut fungi. Harper Adams and the University of California have been studying the fungi with a view to…
The amount of waste sent to landfill each year has been falling in recent years. It is half what it was 20 years ago. The amount being sent for combustion in energy recovery plants has been increasing, as has recycling.…
