While funding applications for 2023's Farming Equipment and Technology Fund for productivity and slurry closed in April, it was today announced that with over 3,000 applications, the funding was extended from £17 million to £31 million to enable more awards…
Last month, the ADBA Food Waste Working Group launched their series of site visits for Local Authorities across the country in anticipation of the announcement on separate food waste collections. Spaces are still available for the site visits which will…
On 10 January 2023, the Scottish government published its Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, mapping out the future of Scotland’s energy sector with an ambitious suite of actions for the Scottish government, industry, the energy regulator, and also…
In a recent press release, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) said “Get on, get back or get out of the energy queue” to the UK’s energy generators, as the ESO introduced additional targeted reforms to further speed up connections to…
As you may be aware, on 2nd May, DESNZ opened a call for evidence to inform the Green Gas Support Scheme’s (GGSS) 2023 Annual Tariff Review (ATR). The GGSS regulations allow tariffs to be increased or decreased on 1 October…
Defra have issued a call for evidence on the near elimination of bio-waste to landfill from 2028 as well as the complete removal of biodegradable waste from the residual waste stream. You can read the full consultation document here. ADBA…
DESNZ launched the Mid-Scheme Review of the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) on 23 March 2023. The consultation ran for eight weeks, to which ADBA responded officially on 18th May. The Review called for stakeholder views on a number of topics,…
Last week, Ofgem published an open letter in which it carved out the organisation's objectives to reduce the average connection dates to the electricity grid. The pledge came as Jonathan Brearly opened Utility Week in Birmingham on 16th May, in…
Defra have asked ADBA for feedback on their Waste Regulations 2011 in light of their legal obligation to hold a Post Implementation Review every five years. These are designed to look back at how well objectives of regulations have been met,…
Back in February, ADBA was a signatory to a letter from the World Biogas Association (WBA) to the World Research Institute (WRI) expressing concerns about proposed changes to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP), of which WRI are administrators.