This morning, DECC held a workshop on pre-accreditation for the Feed-in Tariff, in preparation for next year’s comprehensive review. I attended to represent ADBA, joined by REA and four representatives from our members. The idea behind the workshop was to discuss…
A recent appeal decision relating to a proposed AD facility near Bury, Greater Manchester has sparked a heated debate. The plant was planned to be located next to a concrete products manufacturing plant and would process 45,000 tonnes of food…
Yesterday's Autumn Statement had little of note for renewable energy or waste policy, but important changes to investment rules could have a real impact on investment in the AD sector. Two key passages in the document contain the following regulatory…
Latest figures from DECC show that biomethane RHI tariffs will degress by 10 per cent for the first time on 1 January 2015. However, DECC is currently reviewing RHI biomethane tariffs and an announcement is expected on new levels shortly. Degression automatically…
Last week, we met E4tech to go through possible revisions to the carbon calculator which can be used to demonstrate compliance with sustainability criteria in the RO and RHI. This round of changes will be limited, but still covers some…
ADBA’s Training, Safety and Environmental Management group coordinated a meeting between industry representatives and the Environment Agency this week to discuss secondary containment. We have picked up increasing concerns about onerous requirements in some cases, while the Agency continues to…
DECC have confirmed that there will be a further ~5% cut to the Feed-In Tariff for plants of 500 kWe - 5 MWe on 1 April. This is on top of the 5% cut which was applied on 1 October…
We have now heard of a number of plants that have received pre-accreditation and purchased the engine but are struggling to complete the full plant within the 12 months provided, often due to circumstances beyond their control. Some developers have…
As you may know, DairyCo is a levy-funded, not-for-profit organisation working on behalf of Britain's dairy farmers, as part of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. Over the last 18 months, DairyCo has been working with the regulators (Defra, Scottish…
As you will have seen in recent updates, European End of Waste proposals are back in focus. ADBA, ESA and REA have produced a draft joint position paper for consultation with our members, which you can download here. This has already…