The Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland have opened a consultation on their Circular Economy Strategy for Northern Ireland. ADBA will be responding and we'd like your input. In particular, if you have any ideas on the following, please…
The EA published yesterday an update on the 'SR2021 No 8: on-farm anaerobic digestion facility using farm wastes only, including use of the resultant biogas – installations'. An error has been corrected in the generic risk assessment. Parameter 3…
The Scottish government recently published its draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, mapping out the future of Scotland’s energy sector with an ambitious suite of actions for the Scottish government, industry, the energy regulator, and also the UK government…
Bio-CO2 from AD plants can be captured and sold to the industry. So far, many AD plants are selling their biogenic CO2 to different industries, including food and beverage. RPS255 gives some guidance in England to capture, store, treat and/or…
At the NFU Conference, Mark Spencer announced a new round of grants under the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund for 2023. Importantly, three items under the Annex 3: FETF 2023 Productivity and Slurry eligible Items, can be used for pumping,…
MEMBER PRESS RELEASE - Major milestone for biomethane injection 16th February: A major milestone was today confirmed for the gas grids in Northern Ireland which will see the injection of biomethane, a 100% renewable fuel, into the SGN Natural Gas…
DAERA have published their draft ammonia strategy and ADBA will be replying. While the strategy does not cover emissions from digestate and AD specifically, some of the proposals may have knock-on consequences for the AD industry. For this reason, we…
Last Tuesday I was invited to SGN's Green Gas Summit in Birmingham to give a presentation on biomethane and the potential for growth. I admit, I had the somewhat difficult task of following Chris Woods, a very engaging performance improvement…
Innovate UK will open a competition on the 27th of february to accelerate the innovations needed to create new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific regions. The proposal must focus on: improving energy…
The Non-Domestic RHI scheme (NDRHI) will be officially closed for applications in 2 months’ time. With the final deadline just around the corner, Ofgem reminds all prospective applicants to submit their application to the scheme by midnight on 31 March…