ADBA keeps you-up-to-date
We hope since our last update you have had a chance to explore our new website, the members’ area and updated your online directory listing. Did you know you can now post comments on our press releases and events, contact…
DECC quarterly generation figures
Energy generation from AD has increased by just under a third, according to quarterly figures published recently by DECC. AD generated 69 GWh in the second quarter of 2012, up 30% from the same period in the previous year. The…
Parliamentary Chair urges consistent subsidy support
Influential MP Alan Whitehead today urged the government to provide consistent subsidy support to ensure the UK meets its 2020 renewables target. Whitehead, Chair of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group, said that:...plans may start to suffer ...should we have…
£2 Million bioenergy scheme opens to applications
DECC has opened a competition for a share of £2million aimed at innovation in bioenergy on wetlands. The government’s 2012 bioenergy strategy suggested sustainably sourced bioenergy could contribute around 8-11% to the UK’s total primary energy demand by 2020. This…
Warning – directory scam Expo Guide
We have received information of another scam that is currently affecting exhibitors of our trade show UK AD & Biogas. Expo Guide, who have been referred to the authorities previously, have once again posted a letter using our name and…
National Grid EMR call for evidence
As part of the development of Electricity Market Reform, National Grid has launched a call for evidence to inform the first EMR delivery plan. National Grid is seeking evidence to inform the development of strike prices under the Contracts for…
Scotland RO consultation
Replicating sustainability criteria proposed by DECC last month, the Scottish Government is consulting on implementing sustainability criteria under the RO from October 2013 until April 2020. In common with the rest of the UK, the consultation proposes that plants over…
Northern Ireland RHI
Ahead of plans to introduce the RHI in Northern Ireland by the end of 2012, DETI are consulting on two guidance notes for applicants. Tariffs for the scheme will differ from those in the rest of Britain, with biogas combustion…
ROCs to remain
As we have already informed you in a separate email, the government recently abandoned plans to remove support for AD projects below 5 MW under the Renewables Obligation (RO). Thank you to the many of you who helped highlight the…
New Environment Minister Backs AD
Owen Paterson MP, the new Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), gave his backing to AD during the Conservative Party Conference 2012 in Birmingham. He told delegates that:...The concept of anaerobic digestion, for example, is…