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Posted in December 2013

Whiskey warmer: green project wins award for Highland drinks giant biowaste business

ADBA MEMBER PRESS RELEASE A project which uses distillery waste to produce heat and electricity has won a top award at the Scottish Green Energy Awards. ADBA member Clearfleau and Diageo Scotland received the prestigious Best Project honour at the 2013 Awards, organised by Scottish Renewables. Their innovative scheme, at the…

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Tags: Awards, Clearfleau, Scottish Green Energy Awards, Scottish Renewables

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Abstract deadline extended - World Bioenergy 2014

The World Bioenergy 2014 conference and exhibition on biomass for energy, 3-5 June, Jonkoping, Sweden, has extended the deadline for abstract submission until the 17 December. The organisers are looking for papers covering the following AD related topics: Bioenergy resources and potentials Bioenergy crops – opportunities for developing countries Optimising bioenergy logistics Policy…

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Tags: Bioenergy research, call for papers, RnD, world bioenergy 2014

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Joint call planned for bioenergy demonstrator projects

Bioenergy Sustaining the Future 2 (BESTF2) You may already have seen articles and events highlighting this opportunity for fudning for demonstrator scale bioenergy projects. The call is expected to launch this month [December 2013]. Looking to encourage the ‘commercialisation of bioenergy projects and increase renewable energy production across the EU’, a consortium…

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Tags: bioenergy, commercialisation, demonstrator, funding opportunity, RnD, tsb

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Edina and Swancote Energy successful at CHPA awards

ADBA MEMBER PRESS RELEASE The Annual CHPA (Combined Heating and Power Association) Awards Dinner proved to be an informative evening and gave host to presentations which covered the whole gamut of CHP applications. Large and small scale operations were represented in the awards and Edina was pleased to be highly…

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Tags: Awards, CHP, CHPA Awards, district heat, Edina, innovation, Swancote

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Green gas in the pipeline for Yorkshire

ADBA MEMBER PRESS RELEASE Green gas made from home-grown maize is set to fuel thousands of homes and businesses across Yorkshire with the region’s very first biogas to grid project in Doncaster. Biomass operators Future Biogas and gas network company National Grid have successfully commissioned the environmentally-friendly project to…

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Tags: Future Biogas, green gas, national grid

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Biogas desulphurisation system reduces costs at Cory AD site

ADBA MEMBER PRESS RELEASE The commissioning of a new cost-saving microbiological desulphurisation system at the Cory Waste Management site in Weston-super-Mare is the result of a successful collaboration between Uniflare, the Warwickshire based environmental technology specialists and Allison Engineering - both ADBA members. Uniflare’s expertise in designing, manufacturing and…

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Tags: desulphurisation, gas analysis, waste gas control

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Getting the right mix is vital to digester performance

ADBA MEMBER PRESS RELEASE Improving efficiency and reducing costs are key challenges in a tough economic climate. AD operators therefore need to make every aspect of their AD plant and process work as efficiently as possible. Questions to consider then are: what constitutes ‘good operation’ for a digester, how can…

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Tags: gas yield, mixing systems, operational performance

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Fuel duty announcement could help biomethane market

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Proposals for renewable energy in today’s Autumn Statement had largely been trailed in yesterday’s announcements by DECC. There is one interesting line for the biomethane transport sector, however, on page 49 of the document published by HM Treasury:To incentivise a shift to cleaner, cheaper fuel, Autumn Statement 2013 commits…

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Tags: Autumn Statement, biomethane, DfT, HM Treasury, Matt Hindle, transport, Transport Working Group

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Out now - the new ADBA Members' Directory 2013/14

Listing more organisations, more products and more services than ever before, our biggest AD & Biogas Industry Directory to date reflects the 36% growth of the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry in the UK over the past 12 months. As a buyer you have more choice of tried and tested AD products and…

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First producer signs up to biomethane certification scheme

ADBA MEMBER PRESS RELEASE Future Biogas, an established and experienced builder and operator of anaerobic digestion plants in the UK, is to become the first registered producer to join the Biomethane Certification Scheme (BMCS) run by Green Gas Trading Limited (GGT). Explaining the company’s decision Philipp Lukas, Managing Director,…

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Tags: Future Biogas, GGT, Grant Ashton

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DECC publish details on RHI heat support above 200kWth, sustainability changes and tariff certainty

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DECC’s response document to last year’s consultation on ‘Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive: Improving support, increasing uptake’, has been published, setting out a number of changes including support for biogas combustion above 200kWth. The full document is available to download here, with the main details on biogas from page 27. …

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Tags: biogas combustion, biomethane, DECC, heat, Matt Hindle, renewable financial incentives, RHI, sustainability criteria

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ADBA welcomes DECC decision to extend support under RHI for heat use

ADBA PRESS RELEASE DECC has today [4 Dec] published its response to the ‘Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive: Improving support, increasing uptake’ which confirms that support will be available through the RHI for heat use from biogas projects over 200 kWth. Welcoming the news Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive, ADBA, said: We…

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Tags: 200kwth limit, DECC, heat use, RHI

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ADBA conference calls for more focus on nutrient recycling

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Speakers in the main debate at the ADBA National Conference today [3 Dec] on ‘Can we afford not to recycle nutrients and organic matter?’ pushed the government to increase focus on the wider benefits of AD alongside energy generation. Chairing the debate Tony Juniper said: &ldquo…

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Tags: ADBA events, ADBA National Conference, Alan Knight, Circular Economy, Michael Chesshire, nutrient recycling, Patrick Holden, Rembrandt Koppelaar, Tony Juniper

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Growth will be green and UK should lead - Huhne

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Speaking at the ADBA National Conference in Westminster today [3 Dec], former Secretary of State for Energy Chris Huhne told delegates: Let’s knock on the head the idea that the UK is going further or faster than our European neighbours on renewables - this is simply…

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Tags: ADBA events, Charlotte Morton, Chrus Huhne, green growth, National Conference

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PAS 110 consultation to be released this week

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The British Standards Institution is expected to release a draft of the new PAS 110 standard for public consultation this week. Along with the consultation will be a PDF document which provides information on the changes to requirements on PTEs, pasteurisation, physical contaminants and stability (Residual Biogas Potential). The Environment Agency…

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Tags: EA, Matt Hindle, PAS 110, Pasteurisation, RBP, Wrap

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