In our post on the publication of the biomethane tariff review last week, we mentioned the opportunities to meet the DECC team. The consultation document gives contact details to arrange private meetings should you wish to do so - see…
The ADBA team is often asked what role crop feedstocks should play in anaerobic digestion (AD) in the UK. Although some have argued that growing crops for renewable energy production will take away land that could be used to grow…
Ahead of their speaking slots at UK AD & Biogas 2014 (2-3 July, NEC Birmingham), we asked Alexander Maddan (Agrivert), Partha Vasudev (GIB), Julian O’Neill (Biogen), Mike Woollacott, (Greenwatt Technology) Cecilia Fenech (Cranfield University) and Dr Alex Bowen, (The Grantham…
ADBA MEMBER NEWS The Isle of Wight, off the south coast of Great Britain, is well known as an attractive destination for both tourists and music lovers. The island is also home to a growing number of renewable energy assets,…
ADBA PRESS RELEASE Responding to DECC’s announced consultation on tariffs for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) today [30 May] ADBA chief executive Charlotte Morton said: The consultation on RHI tariffs offers the opportunity to put support for biomethane to grid…
DECC have published the consultation document on future biomethane tariffs this morning. You can see the consultation document in full here. This is a month-long consultation, closing on 27 June, so please feed any views in to us by 20…
Alongside news that the RHI is now open to applications for biogas plants beyond 200kWth, DECC has also this week clarified their approach to the eligibility of existing biogas plants for the new tariffs. DECC’s note sets out that existing…
In welcome news, government has at last confirmed that the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is now open to biogas installations with a thermal capacity over 200kW which commissioned from 4 December 2013. Ofgem’s accompanying factsheet confirms that tariffs will be…
We have reviewed our pipeline of biomethane plants to come on line this year, and when they expect to commission. This was to assess the likelihood of an RHI biomethane degression in January 2015 and April 2015. Assuming the overall…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has asked us to provide them with figures on the cost of generating electricity from anaerobic digestion. They will then use these in their work in making policy recommendation to member Governments. DECC is therefore…