Gazasia and Aseagas celebrate inaugural bio-methane digestion plant in the Philippines
On March 18th Richard Lilleystone, Chief Executive Officer of UK based Gazasia Ltd, took part in a tree planting ceremony at the site of the first Aseagas bio-methane digestion plant in the Philippines. He was accompanied by Sabin Aboitiz and Juan Alfonso, President and Chief Operating Officer respectively of Aseagas Corporation, Gazasia’s joint venture with […]
GIB present their investment plans at UK AD & Biogas
Welcoming the opportunity to address the AD industry at the sector’s largest dedicated event, UK AD & Biogas 2014 (2-3 July), Partha Vasudev, Vice President Waste & Bioenergy, Green Investment Bank (GIB), has been confirmed a key speaker at the ADBA organised annual show. The Green Investment Bank has an important role to play in […]
DECC miss opportunity for FIT tariff consultation
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today [19 Feb] announced that it will not be consulting on action to address FIT degression for small scale AD. This goes against previous statements including the letter we received from the Minister before Christmas. ADBA, the REA and industry colleagues have been pushing hard for […]
REA welcomes Environment Agency’s new Biomethane Quality Protocol
The REA welcomes the publication of the Environment Agency’s Quality Protocol (QP) for biomethane, published yesterday. The QP confirms “end-of-waste” status for biomethane, reducing the costs of waste handling controls for green gas producers. Companies active in the growing green gas market can download the QP for free from the Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS) […]
Green Gas Certification Scheme joins new EU biomethane trading initiative
Work has begun developing the world’s first international green gas trading initiative, with REAL’s Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS) representing the UK in a Letter of Intent with five other national biomethane organisations across the EU. Biogas from anaerobic digestion can be upgraded to biomethane and injected into the gas grid or used as […]
ADBA conference calls for more focus on nutrient recycling
Chairing the debate Tony Juniper said: “We have pretty much all the technologies we need for the circular economy” and AD has “absolutely immense potential”. But despite the strategic importance of nutrients, the driver for AD remains focussed on renewable energy. Patrick Holden, Founding Director of the Sustainable Food Trust, said: “There is certainly not […]
Government must make more of anaerobic digestion
Speaking ahead of the ADBA National Conference [3 Dec] where he will be chairing a session, Tony Juniper*, said: “A range of cutting edge technologies offer the opportunity to achieve economic and job creation benefits while at the same time meeting environmental goals. Government really needs to wake up to this basic fact and to […]
ADBA welcomes boost to on-farm AD market
Farmers interested in building an anaerobic digester below 250 kW will be able to apply for a grant of up to £10,000 to create a business plan, and a loan of up to £400,000, or 50% of the project costs, to help fund the building of the plant. Welcoming the support this will provide to […]
Biogas shows potential to build on climate change progress
Responding to the release of the Committee on Climate Change’s 2013 annual progress report Charlotte Morton, chief executive, ADBA, said: “In difficult economic times, it’s the sustainable economy which is forging ahead: green businesses are outgrowing the rest of the economy and the AD industry alone grew by almost 50% last year. Our industry is […]
