ADBA have been in discussion with the ADCS Certification Body, Aardvark Certification Limited, and in light of the current situation regarding COVID-19, we have agreed the following: Site inspections will continue to take place, subject to a risk assessment by…
2020 has been like nothing anyone alive has ever experienced, with the COVID-19 pandemic causing dramatic social and economic consequences. Still, we’ve had a year of hope in terms of climate change ambition. In the international arena, China (the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ADBA's team of experts addressed the AD industry today in our online meeting "Ask ADBA." Giulia Ceccarelli, External Affairs Adviser, explained the AD sector's strategic role in the Green Recovery. She highlighted Government's "10 Point Plan" and Comprehensive Spending Review. She…
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…
For those of you that may have missed it, last week we ran an Ask ADBA where we talked through our Pipeline document and its’ different sections. Pipeline holds a vast amount of data on operational plants and plants that…