Anaerobic Digestion industry fights to survive
The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association has today strongly objected to DECC’s plans to massively cut back government support for new AD plants. The association’s response to the review of the Feed-in Tariff called for the government to set out much more ambitious plans for delivering new anaerobic digestion (AD) plants. DECC’s proposals would cut […]
Farming sector leads 40% surge in electricity from biogas
The Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC) yesterday released their annual Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES), demonstrating a surge in AD capacity outside of the water industry from 164MW in 2013 to 216MW (32 per cent) in 2014. ADBA’s own analysis shows that these plants generated 40 per cent more electricity in […]
NatWest and RBS extend support for renewable energy projects
NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland have extended their support for renewable energy projects – becoming the first banks to take future earnings from AD and hydro projects into consideration when assessing funding. The banks, which have supported renewable energy projects including solar and wind for a number of years, will now take into […]
RHI degresses for first time
Latest figures from DECC show that biomethane RHI tariffs will degress for the first time on 1 January 2015. However, DECC is currently reviewing RHI biomethane tariffs and an announcement is expected on new levels shortly. Degression automatically reduces technology tariffs which are payable to new applicants by pre-set amounts but only where deployment levels […]
Biomethane capacity surges forward to record high
Data collated by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) shows that the volume of biomethane injected to the UK grid will more than quadruple by the end of 2014. Following a meeting at the Energy Institute earlier this year, the UK’s four Gas Distribution Networks (GDNs) agreed to share information for ADBA to analyse. […]
Two of the UK’s leading waste processing facilities open their doors to the public
Europe’s leading food waste recycling specialist, SARIA, is throwing open the doors to two of its processing facilities for the first time. The ReFood Widnes gas-to-grid anaerobic digestion (AD) plant and SecAnim animal by-product processing facility both welcomed guests on 11-12 November for its stakeholder open days. The ReFood Widnes AD facility opened in […]
Wastewater reclamation authority marks start-up of advanced biogas production system
The Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Friday September 26, 2014, to mark the successful start-up of the operation of its new OmnivoreTM biogas production system, supplied by Anaergia Inc., and funded in part by the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program. Municipal wastewater treatment […]
REA welcomes Minister’s clarifications and reassurances on green gas policy changes
The REA welcomes reassurances from Energy Minister Greg Barker that DECC is not seeking to curtail the expansion of the UK’s fledgling green gas industry. The ‘RHI biomethane injection to grid tariff review’ (which closed to responses on 27th June) seeks to reduce the level of support for new biomethane injection (“green gas”) projects following […]
Great and good of biogas glitter at industry awards
This year’s UK AD & Biogas Industry Awards demonstrated the progress and outstanding innovation in all aspects of anaerobic digestion. Brought to you by ADBA, a record number of guests from the anaerobic digestion and biogas industry came together on the evening of 2 July to celebrate how far the sector has come and recognise […]
