On 10th August, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) published a long-awaited Biomass Strategy, laying out a comprehensive vision for utilising biomass in achieving the UK’s legally-binding net-zero targets. Biomass, encompassing organic materials like crops, wastes, and…
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has released a new report assessing the ability of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to generate negative emissions -- Ability of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to generate…
Today Chris Skidmore MP published his response to the Review of Net zero. Announced back in September under the Truss administration, the independent Review was initially established to “ensure that delivering the net zero target does not place undue burdens…
On 11th October 2021, BEIS is opening their Industrial Fuel Switching competition. With a total budget of £55 million, funding will be competitively awarded to projects that can help develop a wide range of industrial fuel switching solutions –…
BEIS have put out a call for evidence to feed into the development of the Biomass[1] Strategy - one of the most crucial policies for AD industry in recent years. It its first update in ten years, the Biomass Strategy…
Last week Rebecca Thompson, Senior Policy Manager at ADBA, met with the Head of Biomass Electricity at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to discuss the Anaerobic Digestion sector. They discussed that new support for renewable electricity generation,…
As previously explained (1) (2), the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is undertaking a consultation aiming to exclude new biomass combustion plants in urban areas located on the gas grid from the Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) support. ADBA has…
As exposed in this article, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) launched last month a consultation on biomass combustion eligibility under Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). You can read the consultation document here. The consultation proposes to exclude new biomass…
Today, the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC’s) has issued two new reports, one on land use and another on biomass. To read ADBA’s reaction to the reports, click here. Biomass in a low-carbon economy is a comprehensive workpiece on current…
