The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) launched the Rural Planning Review, giving members the opportunity to set out how AD should be seen in the planning system and to…
To meet the 2020 target of a 15% reduction in energy consumption the UK government has proposed that 12% of the heat sector will be from renewable sources and 10% of transport. The Energy and Climate Change Committee is looking…
Earlier today we held the third webinar in our series on the RHI consultation. This session focused on tariff levels, tariff guarantees and the application process for these, future tariff triggers and the budget cap. For those of you who…
Earlier today ADBA held a webinar on the RHI consultation proposals relating to eligible heat use. Thank you to all the Members who took part. For those of you who were unable to take part the session can be watched…
Today we submitted our response to DECC’s consultation on Capacity Market reforms, which proposes changes to the electricity Capacity Market (CM). The consultation addresses issues of new build assurance, termination fees, avoiding cumulation of State aid, eligibility for Transitional Arrangements,…
Following the release of the RHI consultation ADBA has been running activities for members to share their views and, crucially, contribute their data and evidence. The RHI consultation documents can be read on the government website and you can read…
DECC is seeking views on proposed changes to the electricity Capacity Market (CM), the way in which the UK ensures adequate electricity capacity. The consultation builds on the October 2015 consultation and lessons learned from the second Capacity Market Auction…
The ultimate aim for our Best Practice Scheme is to support the UK AD industry to become world-leading in environmental, safety and operational performance (see my previous blog here, which explains further). The scheme is now taking shape as we…
On Monday, we held our first workshop on improving the competitiveness of AD, in the context of falling wholesale energy prices and government tariff rates, and a continued lack of appropriate carbon emission pricing. We brought together six of the…
Delays in FIT deployment Over the last few months ADBA members have been reporting severe delays in Ofgem approval of their FIT applications. The backlog of AD applications resulted from last summer’s reforms to the FIT, with many projects submitting…