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DEFRA modelling of land rents finds “no significant influence of proximity to AD plants”

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DEFRA have published the results of economic research on the local impacts of anaerobic digestion on agricultural land rental values and the environment.  In terms of land rentals the key finding is that "Spatial modelling of land rental values found no significant influence of proximity to AD plants."…

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Tags: crop operators, crop, crop best practice, biomethane, biogas, anaerobic digestion, maize, land rents, land prices, Defra

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Crops for AD: latest figures

Defra's latest statistics on land used for bioenergy were published earlier in December, and are available to download here. It contains a number of useful statistics, including the relative increases in different feedstocks from 2012-2013 (p 25): This shows that the industry continues to be waste-dominated, with the support of…

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Tags: Defra, DECC, crop feedstocks, crop operators, crop best practice, anaerobic digestion, biogas, Matt Hindle

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Telegraph reports on hidden cost of soil degradation to the UK

The Daily Telegraph’s Contributing Editor, Geoffrey Lean, has today unveiled a Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology report that outlines how soil degradation is costing the UK £1.4 billion each year. The report notes that there is no UK wide monitoring of changes in soil health, highlighting how…

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Tags: daily telegraph, geoffrey lean, parliamentary office of science and technology, soil degradation, Parliament, government, soils, soil structure, soil quality, soil fertility, nutrients, biofertiliser, crop rotation, crop best practice, organic material, maize, digestate, roi, soil health, farming, blackgrass, nematodes, Derek Sivyer

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Crop Operators: how you can help demonstrate good practice

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With RHI sustainability criteria in place from October, and a Feed-in Tariff review likely to consider similar regulations for electricity plants, bioenergy sustainability is high on the agenda for government and industry. Over the past few years, ADBA has strongly pushed the message that the sustainability of crop feedstocks for…

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Tags: biogas, anaerobic digestion, crop operators, financial incentives, renewable financial incentives, RHI, FIT, RO, crop best practice, Ofgem, DECC, Defra, biomethane to grid

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Crop operators to emphasise best practice

ADBA’s crop operators group met in Cambridge last week, to discuss the key issues affecting the operation and development of crop-based anaerobic digestion. The group is keen to lead work over the coming year to share best practice, and demonstrate the very positive contribution the industry is making…

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Tags: crop operators, bioenergy, bioenergy sustainability, bioenergy sustainability criteria, anaerobic digestion, biogas, crop best practice, Matt Hindle

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RO Sustainability Criteria update

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DECC have informed us that their response to the consultation on Renewables Obligation (RO) sustainability criteria is set to be published in the next month. This consultation, which closed in November 2012, proposed that plants over 1MW which treat non-waste feedstocks (ie purpose grown crops) would have to meet greenhouse gas …

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Tags: crop best practice, DECC, Jordan Marshall, purpose grown crops, Renewables Obligation, RHI, RO, sustainability criteria

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