ADBA hosted our biannual Members Meeting on 20th April. Nearly a hundred members, staff and government representatives gathered online for the update on the AD sector in time with the release of ADBA’s bi-annual Policy Report. One of the key…
Yesterday, BEIS responded to last year’s consultation “Future support for low carbon heat”. This response outlines their final design for the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS). Created specifically for the AD industry, the scheme aims to increase the amount of…
Last week, Defra released an overview of the anticipated Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMS) and is calling on farmers to register their interest in taking part in the next stage of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme. The SFI, one…
Last week BEIS launched a Biomass Feedstock Innovation (BFI) Competition funded by the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio as part of their BFI Programme. The Competition will be awarding funds to support innovations hoping to tackle barriers to large-scale domestic biomass…
Last week, ADBA responded to the recent BEIS consultation on Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR). The consultation was a call for evidence relating to carbon capture and storage (CCS), policy mechanisms to address barriers and incentivise uptake, and wider monitoring and…
It is likely that both hydrogen and biomethane will play vital roles in reaching global decarbonisation targets. Although commonly perceived as competitive fuels, hydrogen and biomethane are compatible and can be mutually beneficial: working together to reach net zero targets…
The English Government has now released its latest Waste Management Plan. Reviewed every six years as required by the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, the plan provides a summary of the amount of waste produced, and the policies in…
Following members feedback from direct discussions, an online survey, and members meeting that was attended by 55 people, ADBA submitted its response to Defra’s consultation. Defra’s consultations was a regulator review of the Farming Rules for Water (2018). When the…
On 25th January 2021 the Environment Agency provided a short summary to the Challenges and Choices Consultation responses. ADBA’s response to the Challenges and Choices Consultation, which was submitted on 24th September 2020 can be found here. The Challenges and…
BEIS has released their response to last year’s important consultation “Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive: ensuring a sustainable scheme”, adopting several of ADBA’s key asks. The government sought to gain insight into how best to streamline the RHI for its remaining…