The Department for Transport has launched a consultation on changes to vehicle weights and dimensions to incentivise cleaner fuel technologies. The proposals look to allow certain vehicles to operate at higher weights to ensure that vehicles with heavier powertrains compared…
We are looking forward to welcoming members to our Regulatory Forum on Tuesday 4 October. The programme has now been finalised and includes excellent speakers covering a wide range of regulatory topics. Click here to see the final programme; there…
Ofgem is considering a proposal to reduce 'embedded benefits' for electricity generators connected to the distribution network. This could result in an end to, or the reduction of, the triad payments available to operators. In their open letter Ofgem set…
The Department for Transport is close to finalising its transport energy strategy. The aim of the energy strategy is to assess potential energy pathways consistently across a range of metrics over the period to 2050. Pathways will be segmented by…
The Environment Agency has announced that it has closed the Definition of Waste Panel to new submissions for a period of three months (beginning from 16th September). The panel provides formal decisions on whether wastes can be considered to have…
Over the summer Ofgem has held a short ‘open letter’ consultation on embedded benefit, which expresses concern over Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) demand residual payments that “has increased significantly and is due to rise even further.” You can…
Today is an important day for food waste and for the AD industry with this morning's launch of the Framework for Greater Consistency in Household Recycling for England which encourages a more consistent approach to goods and packaging recycling and…
Responding to the launch of the Framework for Greater Consistency in Household Recycling for England, Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), said: “Food waste in England is a hugely valuable resource and an opportunity…
This week Matt and I attended a meeting with Howard Leberman from the Environment Agency (EA) and other trade bodies representing the biowaste sector. As the UK’s representative in the BREF negotiation process, Howard provided us with a detailed update…
The Training, Safety and Environment Working Group are planning to meet in October and are seeking input from the wider ADBA membership to help them identify the issues to address over the coming year. The meeting will be led by the…