Heat Network Investment Project: consultation response submitted
Yesterday we submitted our response to the Heat Network Investment Project (HNIP) consultation which set out to gather stakeholder views on the design of the pilot and full scheme. You can download our submission here. Heat networks are envisaged as…
MEMBER’S PRESS RELEASE: Puregas Solutions for North America
August 2016 marked the official opening of Puregas Solutions new North American sales office. Located in in Culver City, CA. Puregas Solutions bring the industry leading CApure biogas upgrading technology to the North American market for the very first time…
FIT consultation: government asks ADBA members for extra evidence
On 14 July we submitted our response to DECC's consultation on the future of the Feed-in Tariff. You can download our response here. On reviewing the evidence base the FIT team have asked ADBA to provide additional evidence on hurdle rates and capital…
Heat Network Investment Project: ensuring the funding is right for AD
At last year's Spending Review £320 million of capital was announced to support investment in heat networks. This will form 10-20% of the total capital expenditure on supported heat networks, with the project aiming to leverage an additional £2 billion…
Biomethane causes low commotion in DfT transport energy strategy
The Department for Transport is undertaking a review of transport energy strategy – you may recall my blog from May where I set out the broad ambitions of this project. Since then things have progressed and with the Renewable Transport…
ADBA to tell Economic Affairs Committee about failures in the energy market
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into the Economics of UK Energy Policy. The Committee is to consider the present mix of policy interventions and subsidies in the energy market. It's core question is what are…
ADBA raises sustainability criteria reporting concerns with Ofgem
Earlier today we met Ofgem to raise some issues with the RHI sustainability criteria that operators have told us about, and discuss how compliance is reported and audited. Flaring during commissioning When biomethane plants are ramping up to full capacity…
EC drives home low carbon transport
Yesterday the European Commission (EC) published proposals on how Member States are to achieve the EU’s goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent by 2030, relative to 2005 levels – an important step towards the binding target…