Following the introduction of Tariff Guarantees to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) on 22 May, Ofgem has published information to report on applications and scheme spend. This report will come on a weekly basis and covers the following: Number of tariff…
Despite the 2016 reforms to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) only just coming into law this week, we now expect the RHI Further Proposed Amendments government response to the consultation next week. Government consulted on these proposals in September and…
Following the coming into force of the Renewable heat Incentive (RHI) regulations on 22 May 2018 and the commencement of the Tariff Guarantee process (at 10AM on 22 May) Ofgem has released new guidance to, among other things, help ensure…
WRAP has today published a new report titled "Household food waste: restated data for 2007-2015", where they have revised existing estimates for the amounts of food waste produced by UK households between 2007 and 2015. The information has been restated to align…
As announced in an earlier blog Defra is consulting on their draft Clean Air Strategy. You can read our summary of the consultation here. This blog focuses on one of the themes of the Strategy, emissions from farming and the role of…
Last summer, as part of efforts to improve UK air quality, Defra consultted on reducing roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations in towns and cities in line with statutory limits. The new Clean Air Strategy, which you can read in full here,…
Just to confirm, that the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) regulations were signed into law this afternoon and will enter into force as planned tomorrow, on 22 May 2018. Tariff Guarantees will open at 10AM on 22 May 2018. Check out…
As will be common news to regular readers of the Policy Team blog, decarbonisation of the heat sector is one of the major policy challenges. Heat accounts for almost half of the UK's energy consumption and represents over a third…
With the reformed and refocused Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) reforms set to come into effect on Tuesday 22 May 2018, Ofgem has published a communication regarding the upcoming changes and system availability on the 21st/ 22nd May. You can view…
On Monday, ADBA, the Environment Agency (EA) and National Farmers Union (NFU), joined together to hold the first operator workshop. The purpose of the day, which saw over 20 operators attend, was to share best practice and regulatory updates –…