Gazasia develops clean fuel made from organic landfill waste for Asian market
Gazasia creates liquid biomethane – a carbon-neutral, sustainable and high-quality vehicle fuel – by cleaning and refining the natural gas produced by organic waste found in landfill sites. In the Philippines, as throughout much of the world, landfill remains the most common means of waste disposal. But left alone, it creates potentially damaging gases, including […]
New framework means better stability for solar industry and consumers over next three years
New framework provides better certainty for consumers and industry The Solar Trade Association (STA) welcomes many aspects of DECC’s new Feed-in Tariff (FIT) cost control framework for solar PV published today, but remains concerned about the state of the UK solar market in the recession. The new framework shows how tariffs will be reduced in […]
Anaerobic Digestion plant given go ahead in Nottinghamshire
The plant, which will begin construction in September 2012, will be built at a derelict quarry site adjacent to the applicant’s farm. It will produce biogas which will be used to provide electricity to the farm and a neighbouring concrete plant, with surplus being sold to the Grid. Heat generated will be used for drying […]
Select Committee: “Green investment should play a key role in the UK’s economic recovery”
The Environmental Audit Committee’s report ‘A Green Economy’ reinforces the REA’s call for the Government to put renewable energy at the heart of its economic recovery and employment strategy. The REA/Innovas report ‘Renewable Energy: Made in Britain’ showed the UK sector employed over 100,000 people and turned over £12.5 billion in 2010/11. However, the UK […]
STA welcomes delay to solar tariff cuts
The Solar Trade Association welcomed Secretary of State Ed Davey’s confirmation today that DECC will be delaying the next round of cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV. Energy Minister Greg Barker said that this decision was the result of “listening carefully to industry”. Sales have been slow in April and May since the […]
STA asks Minister to help address malaise in the solar market
After carefully studying the deployment figures of solar PV, it is clear that the UK market has stalled since 1st April [2], when new energy efficiency criteria came into effect for the Feed-in Tariff (FIT). Total installed capacity for the past four weeks was 17MW [3], against a four-weekly average of 71MW over the past […]
Biogen to pay almost £10,000 after stream polluted
The Environment Agency said the pollution was avoidable and it should have been notified sooner so that the incident could have been better managed. A large quantity of digestate from an anaerobic digester overflowed when a pump was left on overnight at the company’s Clapham Biogas Plant on 19 November 2010. A member of Biogen […]
Electricity Market Reform and Green Investment Bank introduced
The Queen’s Speech at the State Opening or Parliament today introduced Electricity Market Reform (EMR) [1] and the Green Investment Bank (GIB). Gaynor Hartnell, Chief Executive of the REA [2], said: “We look forward to seeing the details of the Energy Bill. This is of immense importance to project developers in renewables, as the measures […]
Beat the drought with moisture retention, farmers told
Earlier this year, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman hosted a drought summit with water companies, farmers and wildlife groups and warned of potential supply disruptions. In spite of increased rainfall in April, large swathes of England are still officially in drought. In addition, several water stress studies predict that the South East will show ‘extreme stress’ […]
