DECC have announced that the FITs Review team will be holding a webchat and will be available to answer questions about the consultation live between 12:00-13:00 on Friday 16 October. There is no need to register, just enter the webchat…
Charlotte and I recently met Matthew Bell, the Chief Executive of the Committee on Climate Change. Derek has also been talking to members of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee on the impact of government decisions on UK investor…
The government is in the process of putting together a report summarising the findings of the Cutting Red Tape review into the waste and recycling sector. This work could impact on the future development of waste regulation, including the environmental…
As I explained in a previous blog, the EA are currently reviewing the waste exemptions system. Ian Brindley, who is leading the review, provided an update on this at our Regulatory Forum last week. It is important that our members…
On Monday I attended DECC’s workshop on the FIT Review. Sadly nothing new was presented at the meeting that we didn’t already know, see Matt’s blog for our briefing on the proposals. DECC officials stressed their view that the proposals…
On Wednesday this week we held our Regulatory Forum, which provides members with an opportunity to hear updates from the key regulatory bodies on any developments in the regulation of the AD industry. Firstly, a big thank you to Walker…
This week I represented ADBA at the first meeting of a steering group to develop a new Food Waste Recycling Action Plan. The process is being facilitated by WRAP, but aims to develop a coordinated, agreed plan between the waste…
We've provided information to National Grid's power supply analysis team on the baseload nature of AD. This team in National Grid are tasked with predicting the output from various technologies to determine what capacity is needed (e.g. if one of…
Sustainability criteria have today been introduced to the RHI. From today, all fuel (including biogas and biomethane produced from non-waste feedstocks) will have to meet new rules in order to be eligible for the RHI. The Ofgem website has all…
Food waste policy and regulation was in focus this week. ADBA’s Food Waste Operators met in Birmingham on Wednesday, while Jess and I also represented members at DECC’s Biowaste Regulatory Forum (BRF). The BRF is a regular meeting between DECC,…