Today DECC has published its response to the consultation on changes to Feed-in Tariff accreditation. The department confirms that the ability to preliminary accredit will be removed as of the 1st October 2015. DECC’s rationale for this is to “limit the…
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation that explores the priorities for building a more circular economy – where products and materials are kept in high value use for as long as possible. It builds on Scotland’s progress in the…
Earlier this month DECC published the comprehensive review of the Feed-in Tariff. See our previous note on this here. Since we released the briefing DECC have amended the consultation document as they had provided wrong figures for the estimated number…
In its Political Guidelines, the European Commission made the development of a resilient Energy Union with a forward-looking climate policy one of its strategic objectives. This ambition was further detailed in the framework strategy Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking…
Date From: 09 September 2015 Location: Online Description: The first in a series of webinars organised by IChemE's Environment Special Interest Group around the broad topic of 'air'. This presentation will cover the principles of anaerobic digestion, explain the process and equipment involved,…
As you know the Renewable Heat Incentive’s (RHI) budget comes to an end on 31 March 2016, as the incentive comes out of general taxation it is currently being reviewed in HM Treasury’s Spending Review. ADBA submitted our response to…
As I wrote in my blog back in July, the Environment Agency (EA) are seeking views on the waste exemptions system, which is being reviewed in the context of the ‘Cutting Red Tape Review’. Click here to see my previous…
Amid all of the uncertainty around renewable financial incentives, there is one chink of light on AD policy: food waste collections. In mid-July, Charlotte was part of an industry delegation which met new resources minister Rory Stewart MP in Defra…
The Daily Telegraph’s Contributing Editor, Geoffrey Lean, has today unveiled a Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology report that outlines how soil degradation is costing the UK £1.4 billion each year. The report notes that there is no UK wide…
Hertfordshire’s first food waste to renewable energy plant has achieved the industry certification PAS 110 for the biofertiliser produced as part of its recycling process. The Bygrave anaerobic digestion (AD) plant near Baldock, owned and operated by AD market leaders…