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EA briefing note released on permitting for crop residues

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Following pressure from operators, the EA have provided clarity on their approach to ‘crop residues’ used in AD plants. The new briefing note can be downloaded here. This clarifies their definition of crop residues as follows:We are referring here to crop residues in the sense that they are ‘production…

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Tags: crop residues, crops, EA, Environment Agency, environmental permitting, farm, farm AD, farm waste, Matt Hindle, permitting, Waste

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New site for Animal Health information

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AHVLA is in the process of migrating the contents of its web based guidance on complying with animal byproducts regulations to the Gov.uk platform. The intention of this migration is to place all Government information on a single web platform and to tailor the content to meet user needs.…

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Tags: ABPR, AHVLA, Animal Health, animal-by-products, Defra, Matt Hindle, permitting, regulation

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COMAH update from HSE

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Several operators have approached us with concerns about the possible implications of the revision of COMAH regulations by the HSE. The HSE have sent us the following update:For REACH and CLP digestate should not be classified as a substance under either.  The issue arises from Note 5 to Annex 1 of…

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Tags: CLP, COMAH, digestate, HSE, Matt Hindle, permitting, REACH

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WRAP survey: have your say on waste contracts

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WRAP is carrying out a survey on food waste collection as part of a wider programme to maximise food waste yields in accordance with the challenge of meeting UK 2020 recycling targets. The main focus of the survey is on the contractual mechanisms surrounding incentives and barriers to the collection of…

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Tags: contamination, feedstock, Matt Hindle, source segregation, waste collections, Waste Policy, Wrap

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ADBA responds to proposed changes to landspreading permits

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This week ADBA has submitted a response to an Environment Agency discussion paper on possible changes to the standard rules permit for spreading digestate (and other materials) to farmland as a waste. You can download a copy of our response here, and we would like to thank those members who…

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Tags: digestate, EA, Environment Agency, environmental permitting, landspreading, Matt Hindle, permitting, standard rules

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News from the EBA: sustainability report published

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Shortly before the EU’s summer break, the Commission finally published a report on the sustainability of solid and gaseous biomass used for electricity, heating and cooling. It is a staff working document; thus not a Communication or a legislative act meaning that the Parliament and the Council do not…

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Tags: bioenergy, EBA, Europe, European Commission, Matt Hindle, sustainability, sustainability criteria

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Feed-in Tariff guidance for accrediting and commissioning

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As we come closer to the end of the year, we are aware that a relatively large number of projects will be commissioning, accrediting and pre-accrediting to the Feed-in Tariff. In response to some enquiries from members, we have received some additional clarification from Ofgem on a couple of points,…

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Tags: accreditation, commissioning, DECC, degression, Feed-in-Tariff, FIT, Matt Hindle, Ofgem, on-farm AD

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Biomethane campaign moves forward on data requirements

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The biomethane campaign group, which we founded with the Energy Networks Association, met last week to discuss work that the gas networks are taking forward to improve access for biomethane developers. Ofgem consultation Ofgem’s Duncan Carter updated the group on progress towards their forthcoming consultation. The technical report on…

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Tags: biomethane, biomethane campaign, biomethane to grid, ENA, GDNs, Matt Hindle, Ofgem, regulation, siloxanes

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Biomethane RHI tariff review meeting

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We were invited to a follow up meeting with DECC on the biomethane tariff review, Friday 1 August. Since their thinking is still at an early stage, please treat this update as confidential. Present DECC: Nicola Barber (RHI policy lead), Chris Espezel (RHI economist), Ross Jones (RHI policy), Kristy Revell (RHI…

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Tags: biomethane, DECC, Matt Hindle, renewable financial incentives, Renewable Heat Incentive, RHI

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Biomethane campaign meeting next week as Ofgem consultation nears

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The Biomethane Campaign group which we established with the Energy Networks Association to break down barriers to gas to grid is meeting next week. After this meeting I will be able to provide an update on progress towards Ofgem’s consultation on technical standards for CV measurement and requirements…

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Tags: biomethane, biomethane campaign, biomethane to grid, EMIB, ENA, Matt Hindle, Ofgem

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Your chance to feed in to new landspreading guidance

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The Environment Agency have published a paper for discussion on a revised standard rules permit for land spreading. These will be subject to formal consultation in the autumn, but this exercise allows us to see an early version of their proposals and comment on any issues before they become part…

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Tags: digestate, digestate handling, EA, Environment Agency, environmental permitting, farming, landspreading, Matt Hindle, permitting, spreading

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New PAS 110 in force

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The new version of the PAS 110 standard for digestate from source-segregated biowaste has been published, and comes into effect today (31 July 2014). It is available on the WRAP website here (you need to enter contact details) or to download directly here. Among the key changes are: The stability (Residual Biogas Potential)…

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Tags: digestate, EA, Matt Hindle, PAS 110, Wrap

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WRAP video promotes digestate

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Earlier this month WRAP launched a video to help promote digestate as a renewable fertiliser, which is free for members to use.   ‘Using digestate as a renewable fertiliser’ provides practical advice for farmers and agronomists on how to maximise the supply of nutrients to crops, and how this can…

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Tags: DC-Agri, digestate, farming, field trials, Matt Hindle, Wrap

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October FIT degressions confirmed

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Feed-in tariff statistics for June were published yesterday, and can be accessed here. Total deployment now means that the following degression levels will apply to tariffs for new accreditations and pre-accreditations from 1 October 2014: <500kW tariffs will be degressed by 10%, to 11.21p/kWh below 250kW and 10.37p/kWh for 250-50…

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Tags: DECC, degression, Feed-in-Tariff, FIT, FIT degression, Matt Hindle, renewable financial incentives

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Commons committee calls for food waste landfill ban

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The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report entitled ‘Circular Economy: ending the throwaway society’. The Committee recommends several measures aimed at achieving a ‘circular economy’: A ban on food waste being sent to landfill That the government should support EU proposals to increase recycling rates to 70% by 2030 Lowering VAT…

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Tags: food waste, House of Commons, landfill, landfill ban, Matt Hindle, source segregation

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