New identity for oldest UK Agricultural Energy Consultancy Farm Energy Centre, the Stoneleigh based agricultural energy consultancy, is changing its name to FEC Energy on the 1st September 2016. Farm Energy Centre was originally the Farm Electric Centre - a…
Ronnie Cowan MP for Inverclyde has asked the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average length of time is that feed-in tariff applications have been queued since applying for full accreditation; and what steps his Department is…
WELTEC BIOPOWER to Build 800-kW Biogas Plant in Colombia WELTEC BIOPOWER will shortly start building an anaerobic digestion plant for Colombia‘s largest egg producer. The 800-kW biogas plant is to go live in early 2017. In terms of the feedstock…
With the England v Pakistan cricket fourth test match taking place nearby, Oval was abuzz yesterday afternoon - but the real action was the BEIS Feed-in Tariff team coming to our offices to meet with ADBA members. BEIS (formerly DECC)…
Ofgem is requesting views on AD industry standards and practices for commissioning under the RO. 31 March 2017 is the last date by which plants must be commissioned under the RO, subject to a few grace periods. With this date…
Yesterday we submitted our response to the Heat Network Investment Project (HNIP) consultation which set out to gather stakeholder views on the design of the pilot and full scheme. You can download our submission here. Heat networks are envisaged as…
On Friday, Ofgem released a short ‘open letter’ consultation on embedded benefit, which is available in full on their website here. The regulator states that We are particularly concerned about specific payments that these generators receive from suppliers for helping…
On 14 July we submitted our response to DECC's consultation on the future of the Feed-in Tariff. You can download our response here. On reviewing the evidence base the FIT team have asked ADBA to provide additional evidence on hurdle rates and capital…
At last year's Spending Review £320 million of capital was announced to support investment in heat networks. This will form 10-20% of the total capital expenditure on supported heat networks, with the project aiming to leverage an additional £2 billion…
The Department for Transport is undertaking a review of transport energy strategy – you may recall my blog from May where I set out the broad ambitions of this project. Since then things have progressed and with the Renewable Transport…