The future of the RHI
In the coming weeks we are expecting that changes will be made to the RHI for 2016-17, and that DECC will launch a consultation on the RHI, with substantial reforms likely for 2017/18 forwards. We are in close contact with…
Ofgem release new FIT guidance
Ofgem have today released a new guide for the FIT, Guidance for Renewable Installations (Version 10), which you can find here. The changes to the FIT that the Version 10 Guidance responds to are: The introduction of deployment caps; The…
Rules on adding biogas boilers to existing AD plants
During the last few weeks we received some questions about the rules on adding biogas boilers to existing AD plants, under the RHI. The Ofgem guidance, below, sets out what equipment needs to be categorised as new. We contacted Ofgem…
Rural Planning Review: how to make planning AD-friendly?
Last week the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) launched a call for evidence on the Rural Planning Review. The Review provides opportunity for members to set out how AD…
FIT deployment cap now totalling 17.173MW
Last week we learned that the FIT deployment cap of 5.8MW for AD had been breached in 15 minutes and that by the end of the first day of the current quarter applications had been submitted amounting to a total…
Training, Safety and Environment Working Group – 23 March
The Training, Safety and Environment Working Group, chaired by Terry Brownhill, will be meeting on Wednesday 23 March from 10:30-14:00. The group will discuss a range of current topics, including ADBA’s work on training, the Best Practice Scheme, and odour…
FIT deployment cap reached in 15 minutes
On 8 February the first quarter FIT deployment cap for AD was re-opened. The current cap period, which continues until 31 March was reached almost immediately - after just 15 minutes - with pre-accreditation granted to the 5.8MW worth of…
Defra & WRAP push ahead with plans to harmonise UK food waste collections
The WRAP-led steering group, of which ADBA is a member, has today announced plans to produce a publication this summer outlining its vision aimed at harmonising UK food waste collections. Working in partnership with the Resource Minister, Rory Stewart MP,…
Revving up biomethane for transport
Last week I attended LowCVP’s Fuel Working Group to discuss biomethane for transport. The decarbonisation of the transport sector is progressing at a very slow pace, underscoring the big opportunities for biomethane. There were several presentations and discussions of interest…
FIT deployment caps – Ofgem to publish monthly status updates
Since the opening of the deployment cap system under the FIT on 8 February we have had a few questions about how Ofgem will communicate the status of current and subsequent cap periods, as and when they ‘fill up’. We…
