The Department for Transport (DfT) has today published recommendations to support the biomethane and gas vehicle market, agreed by the Low Emission HGV Task Force group which ADBA sat on. Included within the recommendations are: Reviewing the case for allowing…
ADBA PRESS RELEASE Recommendations that will boost the use of gas in heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) were today published [13 Mar] by the Department for Transport (DfT), following approval by the DfT’s Low Emission HGV Task Force working group which…
ADBA MEMBER NEWS Hard-wearing chopper pumps and mixers from Landia are playing a vital role in the 2.5 MW of electricity generated at a leading recycling and food waste management specialists, based in Somerset. Wall-mounted mixers and a range of…
Our Chief Executive Charlotte Morton will be speaking about the current situation of on-farm anaerobic digestion in the upcoming episode of the BBC’s Countryfile. The episode featuring Charlotte will be aired this Sunday 16 March at 18:45, so don’t miss…
As part of a consultation on decarbonising heat, the Scottish Government has asked for evidence on how AD projects can be encouraged to avoid wasting heat. DECC made a disappointing decision in December that existing biogas CHP plants that are…
The Oxford Institute for Energy has this week published a report examining the role that natural gas can play in transport. The report included a number of interesting statistical comparisons on emissions and economic performance between biomethane, gas, diesel and…
Thank you to those of you that have responded to our request for cost data for the DECC RHI biomethane tariff review. We now have a broad range of cost data, particularly on the biogas upgrading side. We would still…
Last week we responded to an Ofgem consultation on guidance for complying with sustainability criteria for the Renewables Obligation. The guidance – consisting of three documents which also cover Fuel Measurement and Sampling and guidance on the RO sustainability audit…
Defra have heard informally that it is unlikely that the Commission will make a proposal for European-wide end of waste criteria. This seems to be a reaction to the difficulties of getting agreement on criteria for other materials such as…
DECC have published their quarterly forecast of deployment in the RHI, and the implications of this for their RHI degression mechanisms, including for biomethane. We have updated our analysis of this on the members’ area, which you can see here:…