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Posted in December 2014

Household food waste collections nudge up, DEFRA figures show

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The volume of household food waste collected for anaerobic digestion and composting in England nudged up in 2013, according to figures released by DEFRA. 270,000 tonnes are reported to have been collected in 2013, compared to 230,000 tonnes in 2012 and 170,000 tonnes in 2011. The rate of increase of 40,000 tonnes over the year is low, although…

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Tags: Ollie More, food waste, Defra, food waste operators

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ADBA welcomes tariff review findings

The AD industry has welcomed the confirmation of new support levels for biomethane, published on the day of the ADBA National Conference 2014. DECC’s response to the RHI biomethane tariff review follows a consultation over the summer which gathered evidence on whether economies of scale justified reducing tariffs for…

Posted in: ADBA News, ADBA Press Release

Tags: tariff review, DECC, Derek Sivyer, biomethane, RHI

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RHI biomethane tariffs announced

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DECC have confirmed the new biomethane RHI tariffs in a written ministerial statement, which you can read here. For biomethane, DECC will apply a ‘tiered’ approach, as we called for on the basis of strong consensus among member responses. This is important to avoid some of the distortions…

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Tags: DECC, Matt Hindle, biomethane, RHI, financial incentives, renewable financial incentives, biomethane to grid, food waste operators, crop operators

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NatWest & RBS extend support for renewable energy projects

First banks to take future earnings from AD and hydro projects into consideration when assessing funding Up to 30% of future earnings from Anaerobic Digestion and Hydro technologies will now be taken into account    NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland have extended their support for renewable energy projects …

Posted in: ADBA News, ADBA Press Release

Tags: rbs, natwest, funding, banks, Derek Sivyer, compass renewables, bruce nelson, ian burrow, crop operators

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Update from APHA on fees for statutory services

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We have received the following update from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA): Proposed Revision of Existing Fees and Introduction of New Fees for Statutory Services delivered by Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA). Earlier in the year AHVLA (now APHA) announced the intention to undertake a public consultation…

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Tags: apha, will bushby

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Waste & resource management sector sets out its policy priorities for the next Government

The UK’s most influential representative bodies for the resource and waste management sector have written to the main political parties in England summarising the key policy proposals that they would like to see implemented after the May 2015 general election. A joint statement from the six bodies that make…

Posted in: ADBA News, ADBA Press Release

Tags: tag, resource management, waste management, lobbying, political parties, Derek Sivyer

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FIT pre-accreditation workshop discusses options for changes

This morning, DECC held a workshop on pre-accreditation for the Feed-in Tariff, in preparation for next year’s comprehensive review. I attended to represent ADBA, joined by REA and four representatives from our members. The idea behind the workshop was to discuss the issues faced by different Feed-in…

Posted in: ADBA News, News for Members, Policy updates

Tags: DECC, renewable financial incentives, Feed-in-Tariff, Matt Hindle, FIT, farm AD, food waste operators, crop operators

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The Green Belt & AD

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A recent appeal decision relating to a proposed AD facility near Bury, Greater Manchester has sparked a heated debate. The plant was planned to be located next to a concrete products manufacturing plant and would process 45,000 tonnes of food waste to generate up to 1.8 MW of electricity and heat, as…

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Tags: green belt, will bushby, planning, crop operators

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EIS for AD investment under threat again

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Yesterday's Autumn Statement had little of note for renewable energy or waste policy, but important changes to investment rules could have a real impact on investment in the AD sector.  Two key passages in the document contain the following regulatory changes, to be effective from April 2015: 1.167 To better…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, FIT, financial incentives, EIS, VCT, Matt Hindle, will bushby, renewable financial incentives, finance, Finance Forum

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