First win for AD Operators on the Business Rates Challenge
Last year, renewable energy practice Handel Rating Consultancy, supported by their clients and ADBA, launched a class action lawsuit against the HMRC’s Valuation Office Agency, challenging the high level of rates levied on AD (Anaerobic Digestion) plants in England and Wales…
Agricultural Transition Plan 2024 Update Published
On 5 January 2024, Defra published its Agricultural Transition Plan update 2024, which can be found here. As stated by Rt Hon Steve Barclay, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, this update “[sets] out the…
ADBA’s 2023 Policy Roundup: A Year of Progress and Uncertainty for the UK’s AD Sector
As we approach the end of 2023, it is evident that this year has been a crucial one for renewable energy and sustainability policies in the UK. The government's reversal of net-zero commitments dealt a blow to the citizens made…
Lord Callanan reaffirms the Government’s commitment to the AD industry at ADBA National Conference
ADBA held its annual National Conference on 6th December in Westminster. This year's conference brought together key players across the anaerobic digestion and bioresources industry and featured a ministerial keynote address from Lord Callanan, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State…
ADBA’s Green Gas Roadmap: 11 points for the road to 2030
ADBA has developed a Green Gas Roadmap with eleven points for the road to a biogas fuelled 2030. We are asking political parties and relevant stakeholders to include the Roadmap’s points and arguments in their manifestoes for next year’s election…
Session 2023-24 Soil Health Report Published
On 5th December, the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee published their Soil Health Report. The full report can be found here. The Soil Health Report acknowledges that there are many definitions of soil health measured through a…
Reading between lines using ADBA’s lens: Autumn Statement 2023
The Autumn Statement 2023 presented by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on 22 November was about making the best that he could of some tight constraints. As such, it was in line with the “pragmatic” and “proportional” approach highlighted previously by Prime…
ADBA responds to Defra Consultation on Simpler Recycling
On 20th November, ADBA submitted our formal response to Defra’s private consultation on exemptions and statutory guidance for Simpler Recycling in England. We were invited as a relevant body to give views on the proposed exemptions from the requirement to…
ADBA calls for views on exemptions and statutory guidance for Simpler Recycling in England
On 23 October 2023, ADBA received an invitation to feedback on the proposed exemptions to co-collect and on statutory guidance for Simpler Recycling. We are currently working on our response to this consultation and will remain vigilant and steadfast in…