We are seeking examples of the UK AD industry exporting technology, skills and materials as part of gathering evidence for a proposal to the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to support research and development of the AD industry. The TSB…
The Technology Strategy Board have made £2.3m of funding available under a programme of support to the Agri-food supply chain industry. The funding is available to set up Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs). These involve the formation of a partnership between…
Feed-in tariff statistics for June were published yesterday, and can be accessed here. Total deployment now means that the following degression levels will apply to tariffs for new accreditations and pre-accreditations from 1 October 2014: <500kW tariffs will be degressed…
The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report entitled ‘Circular Economy: ending the throwaway society’. The Committee recommends several measures aimed at achieving a ‘circular economy’: A ban on food waste being sent to landfill That the government should support…
Together with the REA, we are working on a new system of data collection and ‘AD Safety Alerts’ for the biogas industry. This is designed to create clear information on incidents to help raise standards and reduce incidents and ‘near…
Further to a recent call for evidence on advanced fuels, the Department for Transport has today published a consultation seeking views on a number of changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). Among other things, this includes a proposal…
With ADBA’s new membership year starting on 1 October 2014, we are now entering our period of renewals so it is important that you read all the information below regarding the renewal process. What do you need to do now?…
We are currently working with WRAP on finalising the annual survey of the AD industry they conducted earlier this year. We are pleased to say that the response rate to the survey has been good and a slight improvement on…
The EA have published their latest update on permitting changes for plants subject to the industrial emissions directive, which you can download here. This doesn’t contain many changes from previous updates, but is a timely reminder for plants which need…
We are continuing to campaign for DECC to extend the time allowed for plants with pre-accreditations from 2013 to complete their build and commissioning. This is in recognition of the time taken for many of them to receive approval from…