Update on Defra and WRAP activity
In the second half of a day spent largely in Defra, I took part in a AD Steering Group meeting on Monday afternoon. A final report on the AD Strategy and Action Plan is to be published this autumn/winter, and…
Update on permitting, regulation and end of waste
Earlier today I attended a meeting in Defra on biowaste regulation. Below are some notes and updates for members. For food waste operators, the update below on the development of fertilizer regulations - which builds on European End of Waste…
DECC Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Industry Advisory Group (IAG)
Today I attended DECC’s Industry Advisory Group (IAG) meeting, at which DECC update industry participants on progress on the RHI and we feed back comments. Some key points were: The biomethane tariff review is scheduled to include a Government response…
First food waste recycling plant in Wales awarded PAS 110 status
Biogen’s GwyriAD food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) plant near Caernarfon has become the first in Wales to achieve the Publicly Available Specification PAS 110 status for its biofertiliser. The 11,500 tonne anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at Llwyn Isaf completed commissioning…
Confusion over biogas RHI eligibility
We have been liaising with Ofgem on the eligibility of biogas plants for RHI heat. Scenarios in which existing digesters serving existing CHPs (built before December 2013) have added additional CHPs were expected to be eligible for the scheme following…
Biomethane industry delivers wake up call to government
Senior industry representatives have called on the political parties to set a robust policy framework to support the use of biomethane in transport ahead of next May’s General Election. Speakers at ADBA’s second UK Biomethane & Gas Vehicle Conference hosted…
Update on biomethane sustainability criteria
We held our latest meeting with DECC on biomethane sustainability criteria yesterday, following discussions over the past few weeks. Notes from this meeting are below. Meeting with DECC, 11 September 2014 DECC: Andy Davey, Pete Burnill (RHI team); Philip Sargent…
New ADBA Members’ Directory being produced for 2014/15
I am delighted to announce that we will again be producing an annual Members’ Directory for 2014/15. This ‘Who’s Who’ of the anaerobic digestion sector will be sent out for free to every ADBA member, distributed to more than 3000…
EA briefing note released on permitting for crop residues
Following pressure from operators, the EA have provided clarity on their approach to ‘crop residues’ used in AD plants. The new briefing note can be downloaded here. This clarifies their definition of crop residues as follows:We are referring here to…
New site for Animal Health information
AHVLA is in the process of migrating the contents of its web based guidance on complying with animal byproducts regulations to the Gov.uk platform. The intention of this migration is to place all Government information on a single web platform…