The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are consulting on proposals for reform of the planning system in England. The Planning for the Future consultation proposes to reform the planning systems, bring a new focus to design and sustainability, improve the system…
As the UK Government has stressed the need for increasing low carbon gases in the conventional gas grids we need to consider the importance of biomethane. As an industry we need to ensure biomethane will be quality assured and we…
ADBA Members this is an opportunity to work with an operator member who has asked to speak with an consultant or technology provider. The operator wants to progress a project that would involve moving biogas or biomethane from their AD plant…
Following a busy few weeks that have included the World Biogas Expo it is time to get back to the nitty gritty. Regulation. On the 22nd September 2020 Sam Hinton attended the Environment Agency’s (EA) online Regulatory Business Forum (RBF). This iteration of the…
ADBA are asking members to provide us with digestate analysis data. As a trade association data is priceless and this data will support: policy development, regulatory changes, industry enquiries, best practice, and benchmarking for our member operators. Over the last few months,…
ADBA submitted our response to the Environment Agency’s consultation titled Challenges and Choices on 24th September 2020. The consultation was launched to explain why water is such a vital resource. It looked to describe the challenges that threaten the water environment. Finally, it explored…
We have received an enquiry from a member who has surplus feedstock. The enquiry has already been circulated to members who are part of the feedstock finder mailing list. What: 2,000 tonnes of surplus maize Who: Plant operators, owners, consultants or feedstock suppliers…
On the 18th September 2020 the EA updated us, as it has done throughout the pandemic, with more information on Regulatory Position Statements (RPSs) and Technical Competence requirements. Regulatory Position Statements There are currently 14 time limited COVID-19 RPSs in…
On 7th September 2020 the Scottish Government published information on the SACGS on the Rural Payments and Services website. The Agricultural Transformation Programme (ATP) was announced in Programme for Government 2019-2020 to promote changes in the Scottish Agricultural sector to meet…
The Environment Agency’s is temporarily closing the Definition of Waste Service to new submissions while they support the National Permitting Service to deal with the permit application backlog. The suspension will be kept under review, and it is likely that…
