Representatives from ADBA, REA, NFU and various member companies pushed the case for ministerial support for smaller scale AD when we met Defra Secretary of State Owen Paterson MP and DECC Minister Greg Barker MP in early June. The roundtable…
ADBA MEMBER NEWS Officials from French waste management and services company Véolia Propreté, energy services company Dalkia and distributed power services provider Clarke Energy today celebrated the inauguration of the new Electr’od landfill gas-powered cogeneration plant in Plessis-Gassot. The 17.3…
Several members we have been in touch with over recent months have now contacted us to say that Ofgem have approved their FIT pre-accreditation applications - even where those applications had previously been rejected. This is due to an apparent…
ADBA’s response to a parliamentary inquiry into poor air quality has called for action by government to boost the biomethane and gas vehicle sector, which can make a significant contribution to cutting air pollution from road transport particularly from HGVs…
The quantity of food waste treated through AD in Scotland has increased by 15,000 tonnes since November 2013, following the introduction of the Waste Regulations in January 2014. Since the new year, Scottish businesses generating over 50kg of food waste…
In our post on the publication of the biomethane tariff review last week, we mentioned the opportunities to meet the DECC team. The consultation document gives contact details to arrange private meetings should you wish to do so - see…
The ADBA team is often asked what role crop feedstocks should play in anaerobic digestion (AD) in the UK. Although some have argued that growing crops for renewable energy production will take away land that could be used to grow…
Ahead of their speaking slots at UK AD & Biogas 2014 (2-3 July, NEC Birmingham), we asked Alexander Maddan (Agrivert), Partha Vasudev (GIB), Julian O’Neill (Biogen), Mike Woollacott, (Greenwatt Technology) Cecilia Fenech (Cranfield University) and Dr Alex Bowen, (The Grantham…
ADBA MEMBER NEWS The Isle of Wight, off the south coast of Great Britain, is well known as an attractive destination for both tourists and music lovers. The island is also home to a growing number of renewable energy assets,…
ADBA PRESS RELEASE Responding to DECC’s announced consultation on tariffs for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) today [30 May] ADBA chief executive Charlotte Morton said: The consultation on RHI tariffs offers the opportunity to put support for biomethane to grid…