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Composting separated food waste digestate fibre

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See a note I've written for ADBA members on the potential for composting separated fibre from digested food waste here. This is something that government should be conducting a study on.   Any comments would be appreciated - ollie.more@adbioresources.org 

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Tags: ammonia, plastic, Defra, compost, digestate

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Is acidifcation the answer to the ammonia issue?

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As ADBA members may be aware, DEFRA are seeking to reduce emissions of air pollutants such as particulate matter and ammonia. DEFRA have a particular concern about ammonia emissions, as they are the only air pollutant rising rather than falling. Sources of ammonia emissions include the use of artificial fertilisers …

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Workshop plans for future co-digestion regime

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Last week I attended a workshop with a number of stakeholders from the world of anaerobic digestion, sewage sludge treatment and regulation to discuss how we can take forward plans to make the regulatory environment for co-treatment of sewage sludge and other feedstocks more reflective of the benefits and risks…

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Tags: co-digestion, food waste, sewage sludge, Ofwat, Environment Agency

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ADBA discusses future AD regulation with Environment Agency and other stakeholders

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On Wednesday I attended the Biowaste Regulatory Forum with the Environment Agency (EA) and other industry groups. Given the number of EA officers attending, AD and the biowaste sector more widely are clearly an area of growing importance to the EA. Some of the issues discussed were: Plastics - the…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, food waste operators, crop operators, Defra, Environment Agency, Ollie More

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ADBA response to EA consultation - makes case for not imposing new costs on AD

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On Friday we submitted our response to the Environment Agency consultation on permitting. See our original blog on this here. The proposals include a number of areas where permitted AD operators would potentially have to make changes to existing plants, meaning costly efforts to meet any new requirements. We have…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, food waste operators, Ollie More

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Goodbye to Jessica Allan

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We're sad to say that Jessica Allan, our Regulatory Affairs Manager, has moved on from ADBA to a new role as a Principal Consultant at WYG. Jess joined ADBA three years ago, on the day of our annual AD Trade Show in Birmingham. Following that fast-paced introduction into the…

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Should Standard Rules Permits be scrapped?

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The Environment Agency has issued a Call for Evidence on environmental permits for biowaste facilities. See our previous blogs on this here. One aspect of this is ending the option of operators having the choice of applying for a Standard Rules environmental permit.  The EA say: Standard rules "We…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, environmental permit, Ollie More

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National Grid awards its pilot customer opportunity to Biocow’s anaerobic digestion plant

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Somerset Farm in Cambridgeshire owned by Biocow Ltd, has been appointed as the Project CLoCC (Customer Low Cost Connections) pilot customer after a call to industry for expressions of interest. This will be the first time a Biomethane producer has connected to the high pressure gas National Transmission System (NTS).…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, biomethane, national grid

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Update: Biogas in Brazil: Future opportunities and main challenges

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The webinar discussed in my previous blog has now been moved to Wednesday 27 June 2018 at 3:30pm (UK). Register online now. A delegation of Brazilian companies and officials are attending UK AD & World Biogas 2018 so any interest in the Brazilian market watch this webinar and get in touch with me. …

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, Brazil, biogas, Ollie More

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Why anaerobic digestion? A summary

When we at ADBA are in day-to-day discussions with government department's we are so often trapped into explaining how AD can meet the objectives of that particular department. This is frustrating for us but of course government can be highly specialised and it is difficult for individual civil servants…

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Biogas in Brazil: Future opportunities and main challenges

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We have received the below message from the Department for International Trade, who we are working with on promoting British industry in Brazil:   Department for International Trade (DIT) webinar Biogas in Brazil: Future opportunities and main challenges Tuesday 19 June 2018 at 2pm (GMT) This webinar is for UK companies who…

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Tags: exports, anaerobic digestion, biogas, Ollie More

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Separate food waste collections for England by 2024?

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Although government has been non-committal on the issue to date, it is appearing likely that the UK will introduce the EU Circular Economy Package, which includes provisions for member states to introduce separate collections for municipal biowaste by the end of 2023. We’ve heard gossip from three separate waste…

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Tags: food waste operators, anaerobic digestion, biogas, food waste

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ADBA Submission - UK Industrial Strategy

It is vitally important that government recognises that huge role that anaerobic digestion has to play in the UK's Industrial Strategy. As part of the government prioritising areas of focus for its Industrial Strategy, we therefore submitted a proposal to include anaerobic digestion in the government's plans for…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, biomethane, anaerobic biotechnology, R&D

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ADBA Advisory Board discusses key industry topics

Last month we held our ADBA Industry Advisory Board meeting to gather the key points from industry experts on what the priorities for ADBA and the industry should be. We had a wide-ranging discussion, with each board member giving three areas they'd like us to focus on. What is…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, biomethane, food waste operators, crop operators, advisory board

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Anaerobic digestion flyer - how AD fits into government aims

We've produced a new flyer showing how AD fits into the current government's aims.  Trying to summarise all the benefits of AD into two pages was not easy.  A few key facts beyond all the environmental benefits include: If all suitable UK feedstock was used to…

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