Earlier today ADBA held a webinar on the RHI consultation proposals relating to eligible heat use. Thank you to all the Members who took part. For those of you who were unable to take part the session can be watched…
ADBA's Finance Forum has been holding lively meetings on the sector's investment challenges and opportunities since 2010. It convened this week to bring together funders of all types to consider two key issues: what changes to government policy - effectively…
Ofgem have released the tariff rates for the FIT scheme for the period 01 April - 30 June 2016. AD plant total installed capacity Tariff rate (pence per kilowatt hour) 250kW or less 8.21 Greater than 250kW but not exceeding…
Today we submitted our response to DECC’s consultation on Capacity Market reforms, which proposes changes to the electricity Capacity Market (CM). The consultation addresses issues of new build assurance, termination fees, avoiding cumulation of State aid, eligibility for Transitional Arrangements,…
Bookings for our sixth Research and Innovation (R&I) Forum will be closing on Monday 4 April at 6pm. We have an excellent line-up of speakers with over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles published between them. We're also delighted that so many…
The Training, Safety & Environment Working Group, chaired by Terry Brownhill, met last week to discuss relevant issues and ongoing work. The key points to share from this meeting are detailed below. Current work Training – the working group discussed…
DECC is seeking views on proposed changes to the electricity Capacity Market (CM), the way in which the UK ensures adequate electricity capacity. The consultation builds on the October 2015 consultation and lessons learned from the second Capacity Market Auction…
The ultimate aim for our Best Practice Scheme is to support the UK AD industry to become world-leading in environmental, safety and operational performance (see my previous blog here, which explains further). The scheme is now taking shape as we…
On Monday, we held our first workshop on improving the competitiveness of AD, in the context of falling wholesale energy prices and government tariff rates, and a continued lack of appropriate carbon emission pricing. We brought together six of the…
As we reported earlier this year, the government has agreed to another year’s funding for the UK subscription to the International Energy Association’s Biogas Task (“Task 37”). This allows the industry input to the task’s activities and reports, which have…