Charlotte Morton, CEO of the UK Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), said: “Given the urgent need to decarbonise heat, this is a welcome move, and should provide the opportunity to get a few more biomethane plants built to help green the gas grid. Now we need government to focus on what happens after January 2021, so that the industry can start to plan.
The Government has now laid the legislation needed to enshrine the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation that the country transitions to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The draft order would amend the 2050 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target…
Today, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has laid regulations to extend the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)’s Tariff Guarantee for one extra year, to 31st January 2021, from the current deadline next 31st January 2020. These regulations…
Ofgem have circulated the following update on Water Meters: "We have been reviewing our approach to certain types of heat meter, in particular those that use a water meter as the flow sensor component. Having looked into the various standards…
Ofgem have circulated the following update on Change of Ownership and Eligible Heat Uses: "In relation to the exchange of e-mails that first begun in late March on the interaction between the Eligible Heat Use (EHU) changes introduced in May…
Ofgem has published detailed on the number and type of Tariff Guarantees under the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive, which Ofgen intends to update weekly at the following link. The latest figures are outlinked in the attached table for interest. Further…
On 20 May, Rebecca Thompson, our Senior Policy Manager, spoke at a round table event on the UK’s Waste Policy Landscape facilitated by the Royal Society of Chemistry, focusing on the importance of Anaerobic Digestion in recycling food waste and decarbonising agriculture.
Last week, the Environment Agency prosecuted two farming companies who caused a serious pollution incident, which impacted groundwater and killed numerous fish in a nearby pond that has meant a penalty of £28,000. An AD site was one of the…
Responding to the government’s consultation on recycling consistency in England, ADBA has reiterated that AD is the best treatment option for food waste that cannot be prevented or redistributed to people or animals, a position supported by the government in…
On Tuesday Ollie More attended a plastics sub-committee of the Biowaste Regulatory Forum, which is a forum for industry associations and the Environment Agency to discuss the environmental performance of the AD, composting and sewage sludge management industries. This sub-committee…