The Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) and Green Gas Levy (GGL) regulations have been laid in Parliament today – full details of which can be found here. Pending the successful passage through Parliament, the regulations set BEIS up to launch…
ADBA have written a letter to the Department for Transport (DfT) responding to their Transport Decarbonisation Plan and the accompanying consultation ‘Heavy goods vehicles: ending the sale of new non-zero emission models’. If their proposed policies are passed, the sale…
This week, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) launched their consultation “Planning for new energy infrastructure: review of energy National Policy Statements”, seeking feedback on their revised approach to future energy planning. In 2011, the Government first…
This week ADBA attended the Regulated Business Forum, a forum led by the EA in which businesses and trade associations can discuss regulated activities with the government. The EA gave updates on the National Permitting Service, regulatory charges, general EA…
Yesterday the EA published its new ‘Check if your material is waste’ and ‘Get an opinion from the definition of waste service’ guidance. The ‘Check out if your material is waste’ guidance, found here, sets out how producers can assess…
On 25 August 2021, the Environment Agency published its regulatory position statement (RPS) for the application of organic manure to agricultural land. This applies to land managers which includes anyone who has custody of, or the responsibility for, controlling agricultural…
Ofgem are consulting on three of their positions related to the fast-tracked areas of the Access and Forward-looking Charging Significant Code Review. In the consultation, they propose the following measures: Distribution connection charging- to reduce the contribution to reinforcement within…
The chair of the UK Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association (UK HFCA) dramatically resigned on Wednesday in response to the launch of the government’s hydrogen strategy. In his resignation letter Chris Jackson said: “I believe passionately that I would be…
The EA have now published their response to the appropriate measures consultation. This response goes through the questions in the consultation outlining what comments were made by industry and then, in turn, the EA's response. A link to the consultation…
The Renewable Energy Assurance Limited (REAL) Research Hub is currently conducting research into digestate valorisation. In order to understand the thoughts of as many AD site operators as possible, REAL have asked ADBA to share details of a short survey…