Following the publication of their guidance last week, Ofgem have asked us to pass on the following message, which is relevant to anyone who claims the RHI and uses crop feedstocks. In particular, please note the urgent need to submit…
Ofgem have modified the Feed in Tariff (FIT) rules in the 9th version of the guidance document for Renewable Installations. This recent document provides much clearer guidance to developers and communities alike as to what Ofgem consider to be a…
Western Power Distribution (WPD) has announced that they will be holding electricity connection surgeries for WPD customers and independent connection providers. The surgeries will run on the dates listed below and enable interested parties (like landowners, ICPs, developers and community…
As members who have attended our biomethane working groups are aware, DECC have been working on an issue with their biomethane forecasting methodology which could mean plants effectively count twice towards degression. In short, the current methodology effectively assumes that…
As you will be aware from my previous blog, we have been working with Forum for the Future on a joint draft response to the Ofgem consultation on quicker, more efficient distribution connections. We are still awaiting the final version,…
With RHI sustainability criteria in place from October, and a Feed-in Tariff review likely to consider similar regulations for electricity plants, bioenergy sustainability is high on the agenda for government and industry. Over the past few years, ADBA has strongly…
DECC have just released the latest quarterly figures for the non-domestic RHI scheme. The figures show that the biomethane tariff will degress by 5% on 1 July. This is the second degression this year, following the implementation of the new…
Following last year’s Autumn Conservative Party conference I wrote that, regardless of the lack of green rhetoric, for the renewables industry the devil is in the detail. The Government has now set out its legislative stall in the Queen’s Speech…
The Energy Networks Association (ENA), which represents the Gas Distribution Networks, has released a consultation this week to gather views on reducing the requirements for CV measurement at biomethane sites. ADBA has been closely involved in the pushing for the…
ADBA members gathered at the Grand Connaught Rooms in central London on Tuesday for our Members’ Meeting sponsored by Matchtech, with a number of important subjects on the agenda. We are currently awaiting permission to share the presentations, once we…
