In a consultation launched on 25th July, Government outlined plans to bring forward reforms to the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) consenting progress, outlining the key changes required to create a process that it deems "better, faster, greener, fairer and…
This week Defra published its annual 25 Year Environment Plan Progress Report, which details action actions taken towards achieving the 10 core environmental goals envisioned in the original Plan published in 2018. While the report doesn’t announce any new policy,…
ADBA is urging members to check whether they are eligible for either the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) or the Energy Bill Discount Scheme (EBDS). The EBDS and EBRS provide relief for non-standard and non-domestic customers that use energy provided…
Queens University Belfast is calling for AD operators to take part in an anonymous project quantifying methane emissions from biogas plants in Europe. Ran by Ms Maria Olczak, the study aims to identify and quantify methane emissions at selected biogas…
Last week, Ofgem published an open letter in which it carved out the organisation's objectives to reduce the average connection dates to the electricity grid. The pledge came as Jonathan Brearly opened Utility Week in Birmingham on 16th May, in…
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…
Last week, the UK Government published wo more than 2,800 pages of documents of plans for the enhancement of energy security and net zero, in what was originally touted as Government's 'green day'. But it was more akin to a…
On 15th March 2023 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget 2023, which he deemed his "Budget for Growth". His speech to parliament reflected on the importance of renewables in enhancing energy security, though focussed predominately on the expansion of…
Last Tuesday I was invited to SGN's Green Gas Summit in Birmingham to give a presentation on biomethane and the potential for growth. I admit, I had the somewhat difficult task of following Chris Woods, a very engaging performance improvement…
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…
