The annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) has been released, providing data about energy generation and use in 2015. It has been a good year for growth in renewable energy sources. Electricity generation from these sources increased by 29% from…
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 House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into the Economics of UK Energy Policy. The Committee is to consider the present mix of policy interventions and subsidies in the energy market. It's core question is what are…
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have released RHI deployment data for June and Quarter 2, 2016 . For the anaerobic digestion sector, we now have 76 biomethane plants which have applied for full accreditation and six…
DECC held a meeting of their Renewable Heat Industry Advisory Group yesterday, where I represent ADBA members. The department had little news on progress towards a consutlation response on the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). We still expect this to come…
As part of our campaign for better support for on farm AD, we met Defra minister Rory Stewart on Tuesday to explain the challenges the sector faces. With colleagues from CLA, NFU and REA, we laid out the role AD could play in…
ADBA welcomes the government’s decision to endorse the Fifth Carbon Budget, following its recommendation from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). The ratcheting up of carbon reduction targets now needs to be met with ambitious and concrete plans to reach…
DECC has launched a consultation to gather views on how to design, implement and manage the Heat Network Investment Project (HNIP), a £320m capital support fund designed to increase the volume of heat networks being built, deliver carbon savings, and…
The UK’s biogas sector has passed a major milestone, with over 200 plants now operating on UK farms according to ADBA's latest figures. The landmark was reached with the opening of JFS’ latest agricultural plant. Supported by Prism Planning Ltd,…
Earlier today ADBA held a webinar on DECC’s proposals in the FIT consultation. Thank you to the forty-four members who took part and contributed views, suggestions and evidence. For those of you who missed the webinar it can be watched…