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Posted in May 2016

Welcome to the latest issue of AD & Bioresources News and AD & Bioresources International

The summer issue of AD & Bioresources News and AD & Biogas News International gives a taster of some of the fantastic things that will be happening at our annual trade show, UK AD & Biogas 2016 (6-7 July, NEC Birmingham, UK). As always, we’re going to have…

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FIT: How can we improve DECC’s consultation proposals

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Earlier today ADBA held a webinar on DECC’s proposals in the FIT consultation. Thank you to the forty-four members who took part and contributed views, suggestions and evidence. For those of you who missed the webinar it can be watched here. Our presentation began by setting out the…

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Tags: FIT, Feed-in-Tariff, consultation, renewable financial incentives, DECC, biogas, anaerobic digestion, crop operators, food waste operators, RHI, sustainability criteria, thom koller, Matt Hindle

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Research & Innovation Hub Programme Confirmed

We are delighted to say that the Research & Innovation (R&I) hub programme has now been confirmed. We have an excellent line up of speakers over the two days, you will hear about the following topics: Optimising the AD process: every little helps The AD sector needs to…

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Tags: biogas, biomethane, anaerobic digestion, food waste, R&D, r&i, r&i hub, programme, ukadbiogas, emma thomas

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Innovate UK invest £15 million in R&D: Funding Competition

Innovate UK are investing £15million into innovative R&D Projects. This investment is to aid the development of new products, processes and services with commercial potential. It is also designed to enhance UK competitiveness, growth and to improve national productivity.  Innovate UK are looking for leading business…

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Tags: r&d funding, emma thomas, innovate uk, R&D, research, innovation, funding

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Research project investigates use of grass from verges in AD

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Last week I attended a demonstration of an exciting research project that is investigating the potential to harvest grass from roadside verges in Lincolnshire and use it as a feedstock in an AD plant. The event, which was hosted at an AD plant at Scrivelsby Grange near Horncastle, was attended…

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Tags: verge biomass, grass, anaerobic digestion, biogas, crop operators

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Important: feedback needed on Best Practice Scheme

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We are pleased to share with you our first drafts of three Best Practice Checklists which together comprise the first phase of our Best Practice Scheme. These documents have been put together with input from members and with the guidance of our Steering Group and the regulators. These are in…

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Tags: food waste operators, crop operators, jess allan, best practice scheme, environmental performance, health and safety, operational performance, anaerobic digestion, biogas, training, safety and environment working group

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RHI Update: DECC Confirm July Degression of 15%

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DECC released an update of the RHI scheme which states that, on 1st July 2016, both biomethane and biogas will see a 15% degression as shown below: Technology Category Existing Tariff (p/kWh) Degression (%) New Tariff for installations on or after 1st July 2016 (p/kWh) Biomethane Tier 1: First 40,000MWh, 5.35 Tier 2: Next 40,000MWh, 3.14 …

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Tags: biomethane, biogas, DECC, anaerobic digestion, RHI, financial incentives, RHI degression, emma thomas

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Can research and innovation rescue on-farm AD?

The news for future developments in on-farm AD seems pretty gloomy at the moment: no extra support coming through FITs, caps to the levels of deployment, and long waits between the time you apply for and receive pre-accreditation. On top of that government is proposing overburdensome restrictions and rules on…

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Tags: ukadbiogas, crop operators, FIT, farm AD, small scale AD, r&i hub

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