In a cross-departmental policy paper released yesterday, the Government has highlighted the economic and environmental potential of the emerging bioeconomy, estimated by last year’s House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report, ‘Waste or resource? Stimulating a Bioeconomy’, to be…
The next Biomethane to Grid Working Group will be held on Wednesday 25 March from 10:30-13:30 at ADBA’s office in London. The group chaired by Thom Gornall from Greenlane Biogas will focus on areas such as CV measurement, biomethane in…
ADBA, REA and a small industry delegation met DECC officials two weeks ago to discuss the Feed-in Tariff review, and particularly issues related to smaller scale AD. A meeting note has now been agreed with DECC, and is available to…
DECC have published the latest Feed-In Tariff data for 2015. Figures for January show that at the 500 kWe and under end of the scale, 3.3 MWe have already been pre-accredited (we expect mainly because of plants trying to lock-in…
As you will be aware all those claiming RHI will need to demonstrate compliance to the RHI biomass sustainability criteria from October 2015. In order to show compliance the Biomass and Biogas Carbon Calculator (B2C2) has been introduced – to…
As you are no doubt aware finding funding for an AD project can be quite complicated - in an attempt to make it slightly easier below are a list of possible WRAP loans/grants that could be of some use. If…
Defra & the Welsh Government have launched a consultation on proposals they have set out to enhance enforcement powers and other measures to tackle waste crime and persistant poor performance in England and Wales. In order to create a strong…
Defra has released its annual assessment of the Government’s Anaerobic Digestion Strategy and Action Plan, which was launched in 2011. ADBA’s Chief Executive, Charlotte Morton, commented: ADBA has been pleased to work with government, our members and industry partners to…
There has been fairly widespread coverage of a refused permit application for a large pig farm in Derbyshire today. Most of the media reports have focussed on the potential odour and pollution from the general operation of the pig farm,…
As I posted in January, the Energy Networks Association (ENA) is planning to consult on options to reduce costs of CV measurement at biomethane sites. This week, the biomethane campaign group we established with ENA met to discuss the consultation…