Biomethane in Transport: help shape DfT assumptions
Last week I represented ADBA at a workshop held by the DfT on future changes to renewable transport support, as previewed in my blog here. …
FIT pre-accreditation will be valid for one year, not two
DECC have confirmed that when FIT pre-accreditation returns from 8 February 2016, approved projects will have one year to build and commission from their application date.* This is the same 'validity period' that was available under the old pre-accreditation system,…
ADBA members invited to visit Centre for Process Innovation
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) have kindly invited ADBA members to visit its facility. This will be on Thursday 7th January. The Centre uses applied knowledge in science and engineering combined with state of the art facilities to enable its…
FIT: Ofgem draft guidance published
Following the publication of DECC’s response to the Feed-in Tariff review earlier today, Ofgem have now published some draft guidance for the new scheme rules. The two documents now available are: Guidance on pausing the FIT scheme from 15 January…
Feed-in Tariff: DECC confirms return of pre-accreditation but low caps remain
DECC’s FIT response has now been published, setting out the department’s plans for the scheme from 2016-2019. You can read our detailed briefing on the conclusions here. Note this briefing has been updated on 21 December following clarification from DECC…
WRAP gate fee survey underway
WRAP have asked us to share the following message about their annual gate fees survey, which is now underway: WRAP is undertaking the annual study of gate fees paid at waste treatment facilities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland…
New EU Circular Economy Package encourages separate food waste collections
Last week (Dec. 2), the revised EU Circular Economy Package (CEP): Closing the loop – an EU action plan for the Circular Economy was launched by Vice-President Frans Timmermans of the European Commission. This document announced legislation for the…
RHI enquiry line: Christmas closures
Members with a current RHI project or application may want to be aware of the following notice from Ofgem about closure of the enquiry line over the Christmas: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/non-domestic-rhi-enquiry-line-christmas-and-new-year-closing-times 2.30pm on Friday 18 December until 9am on Monday 21 December 12:30pm…
Updated Standard Rules permits published today
The Environment Agency (EA) has today published a number of new and amended Standard Rules (SR) permits, including updated versions of the AD-related SR permits. Please note that it is our understanding that the changes made today are minor changes…
Role for macroalgae in AD: part of the £100bn bioeconomy?
Two new research papers on use of macroalgae (seaweed) for use in AD have been published. The first of these, "Bio-methane potential test (BMP) using inert gas sampling bags with macroalgae feedstock", outlined the biogas potential from certain strands of…