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…
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…
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…
Huber Technology: Within supermarket and source segregated food waste there is a small percentage of grit and glass which causes AD operators pipe blockages, abrasion, reduced capacity and costly cleaning routines to remove. When designing the AD plant at Westcott Park…
As part of the European Commission’rsquo;s Energy Union strategy a new bioenergy sustainability policy for after 2020 is being developed, with a consultation now open. New sustainable bioenergy policy could have profound impacts on AD and bioresources with possible changes…
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…
Thank you to all the members who got in touch regarding the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC)’s Sustainability and HM Treasury inquiry. The results of this inquiry could have a broad impact on the AD and bioresources industry with the EAC…
The RHI will close to new applications for projects in Northern Ireland from the end of February, if plans proposed by the Energy, Trade and Investment Minister are approved next week. Earlier this week, it had appeared that if legislation…
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…
The AD industry is coming under pressure from multiple fronts: Feed-In Tariffs have halved and biomethane in the Renewable Heat Incentive could do the same over the next year; Levy Exemption Certificates have been scrapped altogether; Wholesale energy prices are…