Shortly before the EU’s summer break, the Commission finally published a report on the sustainability of solid and gaseous biomass used for electricity, heating and cooling. It is a staff working document; thus not a Communication or a legislative act…
We will be holding our second UK Biomethane and Gas Vehicle Conference on Tuesday 9 September at Northampton Guildhall. The event will bring together industry professionals from AD, transport and fuel infrastructure, freight and logistics, local authorities and more to discuss the latest…
As we come closer to the end of the year, we are aware that a relatively large number of projects will be commissioning, accrediting and pre-accrediting to the Feed-in Tariff. In response to some enquiries from members, we have received…
We have been approached by a researcher that has recently finished testing the use of separated digestate for the horticultural greenhouse industry. The tests of this research have been positive in that separated digestate fibre has the potential to be…
The biomethane campaign group, which we founded with the Energy Networks Association, met last week to discuss work that the gas networks are taking forward to improve access for biomethane developers. Ofgem consultation Ofgem’s Duncan Carter updated the group on…
Yesterday I attended a workshop hosted by Ofgem on the practical implementation of the biomass sustainability criteria, due to come in to force next Spring for all RHI plants (both already accredited and new). The criteria set restrictions on the…
The Anaerobic Digestion Network has put out a call to the AD industry to join the network and bid for funds towards proof of concept funding (up to £60k) and Business Interaction Vouchers (BIVs) (up to £5k). The Anaerobic Digestion…
We were invited to a follow up meeting with DECC on the biomethane tariff review, Friday 1 August. Since their thinking is still at an early stage, please treat this update as confidential. Present DECC: Nicola Barber (RHI policy lead),…
As I reported in my blog a few weeks ago, ADBA members have been invited to a sustainability criteria workshop by Ofgem. These will be criteria that operators will be required to meet in order to claim the RHI. I’m…
DECC have released data on the number of AD plants that are awaiting approval by Ofgem for the Feed-in Tariff. This is the following (as of 30 June 2014): ≤250kW >250-500kW >500kW-5MW Number Capacity (MW) Number Capacity (MW) Number Capacity…