Earlier this week, the government laid new RHI regulations covering sustainability criteria. These are available in full here, for those who enjoy reading Statutory Instruments in full. The regulations are now passing through Parliament, and assuming no problems in that…
The UK bodies have submitted a joint position paper on prospective European End of Waste proposals. This is available to download here, with thanks to the members who submitted comments. Defra is representing the UK at a technical meeting next…
DECC have confirmed the new biomethane RHI tariffs in a written ministerial statement, which you can read here. For biomethane, DECC will apply a ‘tiered’ approach, as we called for on the basis of strong consensus among member responses. This…
This morning, DECC held a workshop on pre-accreditation for the Feed-in Tariff, in preparation for next year’s comprehensive review. I attended to represent ADBA, joined by REA and four representatives from our members. The idea behind the workshop was to discuss…
Yesterday's Autumn Statement had little of note for renewable energy or waste policy, but important changes to investment rules could have a real impact on investment in the AD sector. Two key passages in the document contain the following regulatory…
Last week, we met E4tech to go through possible revisions to the carbon calculator which can be used to demonstrate compliance with sustainability criteria in the RO and RHI. This round of changes will be limited, but still covers some…
ADBA’s Training, Safety and Environmental Management group coordinated a meeting between industry representatives and the Environment Agency this week to discuss secondary containment. We have picked up increasing concerns about onerous requirements in some cases, while the Agency continues to…
As you may know, DairyCo is a levy-funded, not-for-profit organisation working on behalf of Britain's dairy farmers, as part of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. Over the last 18 months, DairyCo has been working with the regulators (Defra, Scottish…
Forum for the Future have published a report looking at the potential for farm power, which identifies significant potential for farm-based renewable energy, including AD. You can download the report here: http://www.forumforthefuture.org/Farm_Power Forum have identified the potential for up to 1,000MW…
As you will have seen in recent updates, European End of Waste proposals are back in focus. ADBA, ESA and REA have produced a draft joint position paper for consultation with our members, which you can download here. This has already…
