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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ADBA PRESS RELEASE The new website, now live at adbioresources.org, has been designed to speak to a wider audience about anaerobic digestion and biogas helping to communicate the benefits of AD for those outside the sector, whilst providing ADBA’s members…
‘Certainty for investors’ is a phrase which would make a good bid for that most heard at green economy events and conferences. Last night’s Aldersgate Group discussion on the Green Investment Bank was no exception, with Vince Cable the minister…
ADBA PRESS RELEASE Today (16 October) Agriculture ministers from around the world are meeting in Rome to mark World Food Day, and discuss this year’s theme ‘Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world’. ADBA calls for agriculture ministers to…