BEIS eye up food waste
At the kind invitation of members, over the last few weeks ADBA has arranged for 25 civil servants to visit AD plants. Last week a group from BEIS, including staff working on the FIT and CfD visited Agrivert’s West London…
Autumn statement: is no news (mostly) good news?
The Chancellor's first autumn statement was long on doomsday economic forecasting and short on white rabbits, dividing lines or really and kind of serviceable metaphor. While there may be plenty of changes the AD sector would like to see in government…
Ofgem webinar for FIT applicants
Ofgem have asked us to publicise a webinar on 6th December on “How to submit a successful FIT application” which will mainly focus on applicants converting their preliminary applications to full but will cover a range of topics that may be…
ADBA responds to Public Accounts Committee inquiry into the LCF
Following the National Audit Office’s October 2016 report into the Levy Control Framework (LCF), available here, we have submitted our views to the Committee who will meet on 30 November to discuss the report and the LCF more generally. In…
ADBA’s policy team gears up for new challenges
I joined ADBA in August 2010, when the association was less than a year old, and when the UK had fewer than 50 operational AD sites outside of the water sector. It’s fair to say things have changed a bit…
Practical Guide review begins – still time to get involved
We have now begun the process of reviewing the Practical Guide to AD and would like to express our thanks to those members who have volunteered to be involved; we have over 60 contributors so far which is excellent and…
BEIS and the future of heat
Government has today released a consultation on the future of heat in non-domestic buildings, wherein it acknowledges that “new policies on heat and energy efficiency will be crucial to meeting the fourth and fifth Carbon Budgets.” You can access the…
Feedstock quality survey – still time to respond
There is still time to respond to an important survey being undertaken by a cross-industry group that focuses on digestate quality. The survey is aimed at operators of food waste AD plants and relates to the quality of feedstock received…
BEIS and Ofgem set out designs for a smart and flexible energy system
Yesterday BEIS and Ofgem launched a call for evidence on how to develop the UK energy system so that it is smart and flexible, and captures all benefits for consumers and businesses. The new department’s focus on industrial strategy is…
Update on food waste collection work – how is the consistency project progressing?
Following the launch of the Framework for Greater Consistency in Household Recycling for England in September, the steering group behind the project met at Defra this week to discuss progress and next steps. The meeting was chaired by WRAP Chief…