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Will the UK meet its 2020 renewable energy targets for heat and transport?

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To meet the 2020 target of a 15% reduction in energy consumption the UK government has proposed that 12% of the heat sector will be from renewable sources and 10% of transport. The Energy and Climate Change Committee is looking into the challenges and potential solutions required to meet these targets. Our response communicates…

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Tags: ECC committee, renewable energy directive, heat, transport, Renewable Energy Targets, European Commission, food waste operators, crop operators, biomethane in transport, DECC, DfT, thom koller

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RHI consultation: webinar on tariffs, tariff guarantees and the budget cap - call for your evidence

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Earlier today we held the third webinar in our series on the RHI consultation. This session focused on tariff levels, tariff guarantees and the application process for these, future tariff triggers and the budget cap. For those of you who were unable to take part the session can be watched…

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Tags: DECC, Ofgem, RHI, renewable financial incentives, financial incentives, thom koller, Ollie More, consultation, tariff levels, RHI degression, rhi tariff guarantees, tariff triggers, rhi deployment capping, budget cap, crop feedstocks, crop operators, food waste operators, heat use, members' meeting

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RHI consultation eligible heat use webinar: call for your evidence and data

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Earlier today ADBA held a webinar on the RHI consultation proposals relating to eligible heat use. Thank you to all the Members who took part. For those of you who were unable to take part the session can be watched here. During the webinar members contributed on a range of…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, RHI, Renewable Heat Incentive, consultation, renewable financial incentives, financial incentives, biomethane, biogas, heat use, DECC, food waste operators, crop operators, digestate drying, digestate concentration system, hnip, thom koller, Matt Hindle

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DECC consultation on reforms to the Capacity Market: response submitted

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Today we submitted our response to DECC’s consultation on Capacity Market reforms, which proposes changes to the electricity Capacity Market (CM). The consultation addresses issues of new build assurance, termination fees, avoiding cumulation of State aid, eligibility for Transitional Arrangements, prequalification timings and reviewing the Capacity Market Rules.…

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Tags: capacity markets, DECC, consultation, anaerobic digestion, biogas, crop operators, food waste operators, financial incentives

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RHI consultation: ADBA plan of action UPDATE

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Following the release of the RHI consultation ADBA has been running activities for members to share their views and, crucially, contribute their data and evidence.  The RHI consultation documents can be read on the government website and you can read our summary of the consultation here. Below is our…

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Tags: RHI, Renewable Heat Incentive, DECC, consultation, biomethane, biogas, crop operators, food waste operators, carbon cost effectiveness, carbon abatement, digestate, digestate drying, eligibility, heat use, webinar, energy crops, rhi tariff guarantees, rhi tariffs, rhi deployment capping

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DECC consultation on reforms to the Capacity Market: ADBA response

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DECC is seeking views on proposed changes to the electricity Capacity Market (CM), the way in which the UK ensures adequate electricity capacity. The consultation builds on the October 2015 consultation and lessons learned from the second Capacity Market Auction in December 2015. You can read the consultation document here.  The…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, FIT, anaerobic digestion, biogas, capacity markets, financial incentives, crop operators, food waste operators

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FIT for purpose?

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Delays in FIT deployment Over the last few months ADBA members have been reporting severe delays in Ofgem approval of their FIT applications. The backlog of AD applications resulted from last summer’s reforms to the FIT, with many projects submitting prior to October 2015 to ensure they were not…

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Tags: FIT, Ofgem, DECC, food waste operators, crop operators, financial incentives, anaerobic digestion, Feed-in-Tariff, biogas

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RHI consultation: updates from meetings

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Following the announcement of the RHI consultation, have engaged with DECC this week to discuss issues around biogas and biomethane. Renewable Heat Industry Advisory Group: ministerial remarks DECC minister Lord Bourne joined a meeting of RHI officials and renewable heat trade associations on Tuesday. He was keen to emphasise the…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, biomethane, biogas, anaerobic digestion, Renewable Heat Incentive, renewable financial incentives, Matt Hindle, thom koller

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RHI consultation crop restrictions webinar: call for your evidence and data

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Earlier today ADBA held its first webinar on the proposals in the RHI consultation to restrict use of crop feedstocks. Thank you to the forty-two members who took part and contributed their views, suggestions and evidence – it is invaluable and will enable us to present a robust response to…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, biomethane, biogas, crop operators, food waste operators, consultation, carbon cost effectiveness, carbon abatement, digestate, methane leakage, energy crops, sustainability criteria, webinar

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New DECC project with £300m to spend on heating networks

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As part of the Spending Review, the government announced £300m had been allocated for the construction of heating and/or cooling systems in England and Wales over the course of this Parliament. To design the support to best apportion this investment support DECC have launched…

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Tags: DECC, hnip, spending review, heat networks, biogas heat, RHI, anaerobic digestion, investment, crop operators, food waste operators

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RHI Consultation Webinar 1: Crop restrictions

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Following the release of the RHI consultation ADBA have organised a series of webinars to provide members with detailed information on the proposed changes and to discuss how our industry can make the best case possible to DECC. The first webinar on the proposed crop restrictions takes place on 18 March 2016,…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, food waste, crop operators, digestate, anaerobic digestion, biomethane, renewable financial incentives, consultation, bioenergy, webinar, crop rotation, upstream abatement

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RHI consultation: ADBA plan of action

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DECC released its consultation on the future of the RHI last week. The consultation documents can be read on the government website and you can read our summary of the consultation here. To ensure your views are heard ADBA have organised a number of activities as well as events where…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, biomethane, biogas, crop operators, digestate, food waste operators, consultation, crops, energy crops, anaerobic digestion, renewable financial incentives, gas to grid, biomethane to grid

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FIT deployment cap: February report

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Ofgem have released a monthly summary of the capacity deployed per technology and capacity band in the current tariff period, 8 February to 31 March 2016. You can read their full update here. Key information of interest to members: The total capacity applied for (both preliminary and full applications) is 17.653MW; and, This…

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Tags: Ofgem, DECC, anaerobic digestion, FIT, Feed-in-Tariff, crop operators, food operators, biogas

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Liz Truss listens to industry grievances at ADBA’s Parliamentary Reception

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On 1 March over 150 farmers, who were either operators or investors within the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry, descended on the Houses of Parliament in numbers that demanded the attention of policymakers. Joined by over 60 Westminster MPs and Peers – including Defra’s Secretary of State, Liz Truss MP; Shadow Farming…

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Tags: blog, parliamentary reception, lobbying, liz truss, MP, Parliament, baroness miller of chilthorne domer, lord gardiner of kimble, angus macneil, neil parish, Defra, DECC, political, nick smith, sustainable farming, on-farm AD, biogas, biomethane, baseload energy, ian lucas, Derek Sivyer, Charlotte Morton

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DECC consult on RHI reform proposals

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has published its review into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).  While the document proposes positive measures on biomethane tariff levels and guarantees, the industry is concerned that the consultation document proposes major restrictions on use of crops by new projects,…

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Tags: press release, DECC, RHI, crops, energy crops, biomethane, tariff levels, consultation, green gas, Charlotte Morton, Derek Sivyer

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