On 15 March 2024, ADBA submitted its formal response to the Scottish Government's consultation on the draft Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030, published on 18 January. In the comprehensive response, ADBA argued that the anaerobic digestion (AD)…
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) announced the much-awaited Call for Evidence on Future Policy framework for Biomethane Production on Thursday, 29th February. This consultation aims to gather industry evidence to support the development of a future…
The Scottish Government has recently launched an important consultation on its Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030. This route map sets out the strategic direction for implementing a comprehensive vision of Scotland's circular economy from now until 2030…
On 31st July, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) launched a call for evidence to gather evidence and views on the case for introducing Fixed Price Certificates into the UK-wide Renewables Obligation schemes. The UK government is…
The GGSS Annual Tariff Review consultation was launched on 2nd May, seeking views from stakeholders on the outlook for the biomethane industry and on whether specific costs and revenues for biomethane plants have changed over the past year. The consultation…
ADBA continues to refine its response to the GGSS Mid-scheme review and have ran a number of stakeholder engagement sessions over the course of the past few weeks, including with the Department for Energy and Net Zero, where members were…
The Treasury is currently consulting on the taxation of environmental land management and ecosystem service markets. Set against the target for the agricultural sector to have 85% of farms engaged in low carbon practices by 2035, ecosystems service markets are…
The National Planning Framework 4 was formally adopted in February in Scotland, banning new sites and extensions of commercial peat extraction sites apart from in very limited circumstances. However, in 2021, Scotland still supplied 300,000 m3 of peat used in the…
The Mid-Scheme Review of the Green Gas Support Scheme was launched on 23 March 2023 by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The consultation will run for eight weeks, addressing a number of items including the waste…
The Scottish government recently published its draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, mapping out the future of Scotland’s energy sector with an ambitious suite of actions for the Scottish government, industry, the energy regulator, and also the UK government…