Last week I represented members at the latest meeting of the steering group for the Food Waste Recycling Action Plan. This work is taking place alongside the Defra-led group on consistency of waste collections, where ADBA has strongly advocated the…
Delays in FIT deployment Over the last few months ADBA members have been reporting severe delays in Ofgem approval of their FIT applications. The backlog of AD applications resulted from last summer’s reforms to the FIT, with many projects submitting…
Last week the European Commission (EC) announced that Member States will be allowed to have ‘optional harmonisation’ with the revised EU Fertiliser Regulation. The news confirms that UK AD operators will be able to continue using existing national end-of-waste criteria…
Following the announcement of the RHI consultation, have engaged with DECC this week to discuss issues around biogas and biomethane. Renewable Heat Industry Advisory Group: ministerial remarks DECC minister Lord Bourne joined a meeting of RHI officials and renewable heat…
We've today updated our programme for this year's Research and Innovation (R&I) Forum with a visit to the laboratories of the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) in York. The R&I Forum will bring together the best of academia with the AD industry…
As in all industries, research and innovation (R&I) is essential to the long-term success of each business in the anaerobic digestion industry, as well as to the industry as a whole. Many businesses in the AD industry are in competition…
A few weeks ago the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) launched the Rural Planning Review. The Review gives members the opportunity to set out how AD should be seen…
Ofgem have rejected the Energy Networks Association (ENA) proposals for Reducing Costs and Removing Barriers for Low Flow Entry Sites, which would have reduced some of the regulatory burdens around CV measurement and reporting for biomethane sites. The two ‘change’ choices…
As part of the Spending Review, the government announced £300m had been allocated for the construction of heating and/or cooling systems in England and Wales over the course of this Parliament. To design the support to best apportion this investment support DECC have launched…
ADBA is keen to support the provision of high quality training within the AD sector, to ensure that the operation of AD plants is undertaken safely and competently, and that a high level of operational performance is delivered. We are…