Charlotte Morton and Jon Harrison had an opportunity to take AD to the heart of government this week with a meeting with the Prime Minister’s Special Adviser on the Environment, Sir John Randall. Meeting Sir John at No.10 Downing Street,…
The Department for International Trade (DIT) Ethiopia has made us aware of three new export opportunities launched by the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) that might be of interest to ADBA members. The 3 export opportunities are on: Energy meters for smart substation, 73 MVA…
Unfortunately, today's Budget contained very little in terms of support for AD. Here are some points that may be of interest: Energy Sustainable investment in energy – The government will continue to support low-carbon electricity as it becomes more cost-competitive,…
Following weeks of consideration and engagement with stakeholders, culminating in a survey of our members and other interested parties, we have now decided to rename the Best Practice Scheme the AD Certification Scheme (ADCS). The scheme will sit within our…
Next week the government is expected to publish its Industrial Strategy, including a number of sector deals to include policy support and research and development funding for specific sectors. Introducing an Industrial Strategy is one of Theresa May's main objectives,…
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has recently published the findings of a research project investigating plastic in digestate derived from food waste. For context, SEPA is aligning the physical contaminant limits in its ‘end of waste position’ for digestate…
While we are aware of government looking at the costs and benefits of providing funding for authorities in England to introduce separate food waste collections, we have also recently been discussing these with the new Labour Shadow Minister for Shadow…
ADBA is aware that many members continue to be concerned regarding the ongoing delays to the implementation of the RHI reforms and associated tariff rate. We have been in touch with the office of the Secretary of State for Business,…
Last week, we discussed our work on improving standards in the AD industry with ADBA members at the Autumn Members’ Meeting. As we raised then, we are currently considering the name for the certification scheme that we have been developing…
The German plant manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER recently signed the contract for a biogas plant extension of the milk powder producer Estancias del Lago (EDL) in Uruguay. From late 2018, the plant with its eight digesters will generate a rated thermal…