I attended Defra’s Biowaste Regulatory Forum this week, which brings together Defra, the regulators (the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales), trade associations and professional bodies. The meeting is a platform for us to update Defra and the regulators on…
The summer issue of AD & Bioresources News and AD & Biogas News International gives a taster of some of the fantastic things that will be happening at our annual trade show, UK AD & Biogas 2016 (6-7 July, NEC Birmingham,…
Earlier today ADBA held a webinar on DECC’s proposals in the FIT consultation. Thank you to the forty-four members who took part and contributed views, suggestions and evidence. For those of you who missed the webinar it can be watched…
We are delighted to say that the Research & Innovation (R&I) hub programme has now been confirmed. We have an excellent line up of speakers over the two days, you will hear about the following topics: Optimising the AD process:…
Innovate UK are investing £15million into innovative R&D Projects. This investment is to aid the development of new products, processes and services with commercial potential. It is also designed to enhance UK competitiveness, growth and to improve national productivity. Innovate…
Last week I attended a demonstration of an exciting research project that is investigating the potential to harvest grass from roadside verges in Lincolnshire and use it as a feedstock in an AD plant. The event, which was hosted at…
We are pleased to share with you our first drafts of three Best Practice Checklists which together comprise the first phase of our Best Practice Scheme. These documents have been put together with input from members and with the guidance…
DECC released an update of the RHI scheme which states that, on 1st July 2016, both biomethane and biogas will see a 15% degression as shown below: Technology Category Existing Tariff (p/kWh) Degression (%) New Tariff for installations on or…
Manufacturer of biogas-to-biomethane upgrading plant, Greenlane Biogas is celebrating the commencement of supply of its 100th system for a site in the UK. The company, a member of Pressure Technologies plc, is the world’s largest manufacturer of such systems, with…
The Feed-in-Tariff review, released last week, proposes to remove generation tariff support for plants above 500kW, degress tariffs for 0-250kW plants to 5.98p/kWh and 250-500kW plants to 5.52p/kWh from January 2017, and introduce sustainability criteria (for new projects from 1 January 2017…