Are you a leader in AD and biogas? Entry for our third UK AD & Biogas Industry Awards is now open, so if you think your company deserves special recognition for an AD project, product or service, check out the…
This February and March, WRAP will again be undertaking their annual survey to generate estimates of the size and nature of the AD sector in the UK. The survey is being carried out so that WRAP and its funders (Defra,…
INDUSTRY NEWS Businesses across the South West are set to cash in on a new £4 million funding programme, run by the University of the West of England, Bristol. Available to both small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large companies,…
ADBA MEMBER NEWS In November of last year the government-sponsored Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) announced that the hospitality industry faces an annual bill in excess of £2.5 billion for food waste and warned that this could top £3 billion…
As those of you who came to January’s Biomethane to Grid meeting are aware, DECC will be looking closely at various aspects of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) in 2014, particularly on the biomethane injection. (Tariffs and details around biogas…
The British Standards Institution steering group for the revision of PAS110 met on Wednesday and agreed revisions following the consultation which concluded in January. The document will now be revised by the technical author, circulated to the steering group for…
ADBA MEMBER NEWS The north east’s first commercial food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, which will generate enough energy to power 2,000 homes every year, has officially been opened, on 24 Jan, in County Durham. Operated by Emerald Biogas, the…
One of the biggest benefits of anaerobic digestion (AD) is that its vast range of scales enables it to deliver multiple benefits to a host of differently sized businesses, from farms and food & drink companies, to utilities and institutions…
DECC’s latest public opinion survey has shown strong support for renewable energy, while concerns over energy bills remain high on the public radar. Over three quarters (77%) remain supportive of renewable energy, while almost half of respondents (47%) are worried…
DECC yesterday published figures showing AD Feed-in-Tariff application numbers, both for full accreditations, but more importantly also for preliminary accreditation applications. As we outlined in mid-January, these high levels of preliminary accreditation (PA) applications mean that our original proposal to…