UK ETS Scheme Update
UK ETS Scheme Update As final deals were made in the lead up to the end of the Brexit Transition Period deadline, the UK government has now set forth its plans for the UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)…
The energy white paper –
BEIS’ strategy to deliver net zero
Shortly before Christmas, the government’s department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) released their much anticipated ‘Energy White Paper: Powering our net zero future’. White papers serve to outline a government’s proposals for future legislation. This paper, as its…
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones for 2021-2024
The Environment Agency recently concluded its 4-yearly review of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) for the period 2021-2024. It advised the Secretary of State that there has been no substantive change in patterns of nitrate pollution in England, concluding the NVZs…
CCC’s publishes its 6th carbon budget
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) last week released its monumental report “The Sixth Carbon Budget: The UK’s Path to Net Zero”, which explores five different scenarios that could successfully deliver the government’s carbon neutrality target by 2050. The report’s favoured…
Environment Agency confirms the AD Quality Protocol revision is required
On 15 December 2020 the Environment Agency published its response to the waste quality protocols review for anaerobic digestate. The Environment Agency's guidance page can be found here. All three quality protocols that have been reviewed to date have received the…
Defra’s Pathway to Sustainable Farming
On 30 November 2020 The Rt Hon George Eustice MP, Environment Secretary, unveiled his plans for the agricultural transition period at an Oxford Farming Conference. Defra released the document ‘The Path to Sustainable Farming: An Agricultural Transition Plan 2021 to…
Recap on the Environment Bill Policy Paper
The Environment Bill was introduced to parliament on 15 October 2019 and was re-introduced following general election on 30 January 2020. The policy paper on the Environmental Bill was last updated on 21 October 2020. The Bill will help deliver…
Digestate Upgrading Technologies Working Group
ADBA held a digestate upgrading technologies workshop last week with the Agri-operators working group. With upcoming regulatory requirements such as the Clean Air Strategy requiring the covering of storage, and the discussions on ammonia emissions, ADBA wanted to understand the…
Investor community gets view of AD’s benefits
Last week, ADBA’s policy and market analyst, Nick Primmer, and Privilege Finance’s Chief Commercial Officer & CTO, Chris Winward, were invited to present at the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance association’s (UKSIF) annual conference. As the name suggests, the UKSIF…
Biomethane vs hydrogen: weighing-up the new energy future
7 Years, 35 days, 17 hours… Thursday marked day four of the Sustainable Innovation Forum 2020, which saw a variety of sessions discussing the decarbonisation of the Heavy Industry sector. Kwasi Kwarteng, Minister of State at the Department for Business,…