WRAP's annual survey of waste and recycling gate fees was released earlier this week, and can be accessed here. The survey shows an AD gate fee of £40/t in 2014-15, which is little changed from previous years. However, following our…
As detail emerges after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, announced the summer Budget 2015 earlier today, ADBA has calculated that the Budget’s small print includes an £11m hit on the anaerobic digestion sector alone. The…
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, has today announced the first Conservative Budget in 20 years. ADBA’s Chief Executive, Charlotte Morton, commented: Despite addressing the need to secure Britain’s future – both in terms of financial…
Clearfleau announces start of construction of UK’s first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to convert bio-degradable cheese production residues into biogas for the gas grid Bracknell 1 July 2015: Award-winning British company Clearfleau, leading UK-based provider of on-site AD-based treatment solutions…
One of the first projects with a CHP system from Edina to achieve Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) accreditation is Strathendrick Biogas. This site was developed by Strathendrick’s Director, Robert Kennedy to be as near to “closed loop” as possible. Robert…
ADBA has today launched a statement at UK AD & Biogas 2015, highlighting how the industry is complying with the new Voluntary Guidelines on Best Practice for Crop Feedstocks in Anaerobic Digestion launched last year. The guidance, which was developed in…
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…
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…
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…
