Returning to the NEC on 2-3 July, there is already less than 10% of available exhibition space remaining at UK AD & Biogas 2014 so if you are interested in exhibiting make sure you contact us today before the last…
ADBA MEMBER NEWS Romsey-based Solent Turf Supplies has revealed it has successfully trialled the use of a liquid digestate, a bi-product of the anaerobic digestion (AD) process, as a viable alternative to traditional chemical fertilisers. According to Robert Hack, owner…
Horizon 2020 is the new European research funding programme, that takes over from FP7. According to the European Commission website it is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever, with nearly €80 billion of funding available over the seven…
There’s plenty going on with biomethane at the moment – see Ollie’s blog for information on the possible restructuring of the RHI tariff, and my post a couple of weeks ago on Ofgem’s action to simplify grid connections. I’ve also…
The UK Government has published the conclusions of its review of the ‘balance of competences’ between the EU and UK governments on the Environment and Climate Change. The report, which we contributed to, can be viewed here. It is one…
ADBA MEMBER NEWS Sheffield-based company Chesterfield BioGas (CBG) has been awarded another contract to supply their upgrading technology for a biogas plant that will be using organic agricultural waste to provide biomethane-to-grid. The plant, located in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, will…
This February and March, WRAP will again be undertaking their annual survey to generate estimates of the size and nature of the AD sector in the UK. The survey is being carried out so that WRAP and its funders (Defra,…
INDUSTRY NEWS Businesses across the South West are set to cash in on a new £4 million funding programme, run by the University of the West of England, Bristol. Available to both small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large companies,…
ADBA MEMBER NEWS In November of last year the government-sponsored Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) announced that the hospitality industry faces an annual bill in excess of £2.5 billion for food waste and warned that this could top £3 billion…
As those of you who came to January’s Biomethane to Grid meeting are aware, DECC will be looking closely at various aspects of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) in 2014, particularly on the biomethane injection. (Tariffs and details around biogas…