The Treasury is currently consulting on the taxation of environmental land management and ecosystem service markets. Set against the target for the agricultural sector to have 85% of farms engaged in low carbon practices by 2035, ecosystems service markets are…
The Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) released its new tariff rates on 27 April 2023. The new tariff rates have been increased for all 3 tariff tiers. Tier 1 rate has been increased by 0.58 pence, tier 2 rate by…
The Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (NDRHI) scheme closed to all new applications for accreditation at midnight on 31st March 2023. All applications submitted beyond this date will be rejected. The RHI was a scheme available to businesses, the public sector and…
As you are aware, the Green Gas Support Scheme’s Mid-Scheme Review was launched on 23 March with multiple recommendations including a proposal to ‘continue excluding CHP plant conversions to biomethane injection in GGSS criteria’. As our team of analysts prepare…
On the beginning of april, some experts in biomethane project development met with National Gas, the owner and operator of the UK’s gas network for a roundtable discussion. Discussions explored issues around connecting AD plants to the National Transmission…
Following his participation to the Edie 23 Conference in March, ADBA Chairman Chris Huhne was invited to record a podcast with Edie's "SustyTalk" team on 18th April, in which he described the benefits of AD and biogas as a renewable…
The National Planning Framework 4 was formally adopted in February in Scotland, banning new sites and extensions of commercial peat extraction sites apart from in very limited circumstances. However, in 2021, Scotland still supplied 300,000 m3 of peat used in the…
Last week, the UK Government published wo more than 2,800 pages of documents of plans for the enhancement of energy security and net zero, in what was originally touted as Government's 'green day'. But it was more akin to a…
The Mid-Scheme Review of the Green Gas Support Scheme was launched on 23 March 2023 by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The consultation will run for eight weeks, addressing a number of items including the waste…
The Scottish government recently published its draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, mapping out the future of Scotland’s energy sector with an ambitious suite of actions for the Scottish government, industry, the energy regulator, and also the UK government.…
