The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) launched the Rural Planning Review, giving members the opportunity to set out how AD should be seen in the planning system and to…
To meet the 2020 target of a 15% reduction in energy consumption the UK government has proposed that 12% of the heat sector will be from renewable sources and 10% of transport. The Energy and Climate Change Committee is looking…
This week the IEA's Task 37 met in Oxfordshire, and yesterday the group held an event to launch their new brochure on smaller scale AD in the livestock sector. This is available to download from their website here. The report…
In view of the ongoing debate about a new feed-in tariff (FIT) system, the development of renewable energies in the UK is becoming ever more challenging. Thus, most anaerobic digestion plants are currently implemented by experienced companies. After all, quick…
The anaerobic digestion (AD) industry outside of the water sector has grown by over 600% in the past five years, partly thanks to innovation from world class UK researchers. ADBA has appealed for academia to focus their current efforts behind…
Earlier today we held the third webinar in our series on the RHI consultation. This session focused on tariff levels, tariff guarantees and the application process for these, future tariff triggers and the budget cap. For those of you who…
We are pleased to confirm that we will be holding a stakeholder meeting for the Best Practice Scheme on 16 May immediately after our Regulatory Forum event. Both of these events are free to attend and are being hosted by…
Malmberg is a leader in the areas of Water treatment, Biogas, Geothermal energy and Drilling. The company's headquarters are still in Åhus, outside Kristianstad, Sweden where it all started 150 years ago. Today, about 170 people at Malmberg, with subsidiaries…
UK manufacturing company, Balmoral Tanks, has seen its first tranche of Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) graduates successfully complete Level One of the company’s in-house leadership development programme. Working with ILM Recognised Provider, Buffin Leadership International, The Balmoral Leadership…
Last week I was in Brussels to represent ADBA members at an EBA (European Biogas Association) meeting on the European Circular Economy proposals. The meeting focussed on the Fertiliser Regulations, which include Europe-wide end of waste criteria. Proposals from the…