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Today ADBA has submitted a response to the Chancellors announcement that companies benefitting from subsidies for the generation of renewable energy will be excluded from benefitting from EIS, SEIS and VCTs with effect from 6 April 2015. We would like…
On Tuesday (February 10th 2015), Amber Rudd MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change officially opened the on-site anaerobic digestion (AD) plant designed and built by Clearfleau at the Nestlé confectionery factory at…
Chesterfield BioGas (CBG) has secured a further project to supply its biogas upgrading system for a plant that will be using collected food waste to provide raw biogas for upgrading to biomethane and injection into the national gas grid. The…
You may remember in December we provided a briefing note on DECC's announcement of a new set of biomethane RHI tariffs. Today we have received confirmation that the changes announced in the government response to the biomethane tariff review are…
The European Commission (EC) has launched a consultation on the revision of the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) Directive for the period after 2020. The EU ETS is the first and biggest international system for trading greenhouse gas emission…
As you will remember from Matt's blog in December, the Chancellor announced in last year's Autumn Statement important changes to investment rules that could have a real impact on investment in the AD sector. Previously, Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) &…
As we reported earlier this week, the updated carbon calculator has now been published. Operators or developers who are expecting to use the calculator to demonstrate compliance with sustainability criteria now have the opportunity to start using the new version,…
A new £12 million plant which recycles food waste to create electricity for the national grid has opened for business on the A505 near Baldock in Hertfordshire. The Bygrave Lodge anaerobic digestion (AD) plant (pictured) was designed, built and is…
Ofgem have today released an updated version of the Biomass and Biogas Carbon Calculator, which is available to download (along with an updated user guide) here. The calculator can be used to demonstrate the greenhouse gases emitted by crop-based anaerobic…