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DEFRA focus on UK exports from waste management industry

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As I outlined in March, DEFRA have been collecting evidence on the value to the UK economy of the waste sector. In simple terms, they have been considering whether the UK economy benefits from measures that move us higher up the waste hierarchy.  As outlined in our market report…

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Telegraph reports DECC overspend - could mean FITs cut

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The Telegraph has today (Monday) reported that DECC officials have told them that the Department will overspend its renewable electricity subsidy budget (paid for through consumer electricity bills) by £1.5 bn by 2020. DECC had forecast spending of £7.5 bn per year in 2020, but officials have reportedly privately told the Telegraph…

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Tags: DECC, Ollie More, Feed-in-Tariff, renewable financial incentives, anaerobic digestion, biogas, feed-in tariffs, feed in tariff, FIT

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£1m funding per project available from Agri-Tech Catalyst

Innovate UK have announced the latest round of funding available to innovation projects in the agricultural sector as part of the Agri-Tech catalyst. Projects in the following funding categories may be eligible for funding: Primary crop and livestock production, including aquaculture Non-food uses of crops including ornamentals Food security…

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Tags: R&D, Ollie More, Agri Tech, crop operators, biogas, anaerobic digestion, r&d funding

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DECC Feed-in Tariff review – cost data

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This year DECC will be undertaking a comprehensive review of the Feed-in Tariff. This includes collecting data on the cost of the data technology to calculate whether the tariff is justified.  We have been collecting cost data from a variety of sources. The best of this data is directly…

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Tags: DECC, Ollie More, Feed-in-Tariff, FIT, cost data, degression, FIT degression, feed-in tariffs, feed in tariff

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Can the R&D Hub help your business cope with a falling FIT? Access free academic support for SMEs

As Ofgem's FITs tariff tables show, the Feed-in Tariff is now 9.4 pence/ kWhe for 250-500 kWe plants. We already know it  will fall 10% on 1 October and a further ~10% on 1 April 2016, unless we can pursuade Government to make changes to the tariffs and degression mechanism in the review later…

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Tags: FIT, DECC, R&D, digestate, R&D Hub, Ollie More, biogas, anaerobic digestion

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Reduce costs, improve biogas yields, transform digestate: the R&D Hub has all the answers

This year's UK AD & Biogas will include an R&DHub for those keen to share ideas about how the AD sector can reduce capital and operating costs, improve biogas yields and transform the economics of the sector. We've selected the best researchers to tell us how…

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Tags: R&D, R&D Hub, trade show, Ollie More

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DECC degression statistics released: FITs cuts and RHI uncertainty

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DECC have released the latest figures on the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) and Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). For the sub-500 kWe FIT this has confirmed a 20% cut for the 2015 year (with the first half of this taking effect from 1 October, and the final 10% taking place on 1 April 2016). The 9 MWe trigger has…

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Tags: Ollie More, FIT, RHI, DECC, Feed-in-Tariff, anaerobic digestion, biogas

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New £50k funding available for algae for AD

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Innovate UK are to invest £50,000 in early-stage R&D projects aimed at encouraging collaborations between the research community and industry. Algal-derived biofuels and bioenergy remains a nascent technology in the UK (see A UK Roadmap for Algal Technologies) and NERC is…

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Tags: R&D, Ollie More, innovate uk, bioresources, algae, anaerobic digestion, biogas, r&d funding

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AD can deliver 30% of the UK’s household gas demand

Speakers at the ADBA R&D Forum held in April discussed some of the new feedstocks which may become suitable for AD with technological advances. These include macroalgae (e.g. seaweed) grown or collected off the coast, microalgae grown using digestate, wetland biomass (reeds) and other high-lignin feedstocks, hydrogen …

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Tags: Ollie More, R&D, biogas, biomethane

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What tariff should the AD Feed-In Tariff be? DECC cost data gathering

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ADBA has been asked by consultants working for DECC to gather data on the cost of generating electricity from anaerobic digestion for plants of 5 MWe and under. This is to inform DECC's review of the Feed-in Tariff, which is likely to take place following the election. DECC are…

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Tags: European Commission, DECC, Ollie More, Feed-in-Tariff, financial incentives, FIT, renewable financial incentives, anaerobic digestion, biogas, food waste operators, crop operators

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DEFRA data exercise in added value from food waste sector - give us your views

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I recently attended a meeting at DEFRA with a number of other organisations in the waste sector. This followed on from a DEFRA report on the value that the waste sector (including AD of food waste) is adding to the economy and the jobs being generated. It is of real…

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Tags: R&D, Defra, Ollie More, food waste, separate food waste collections

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RHI degression guessing-game

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The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) degression mechanism for both biomethane and biogas depends on four factors, which are calculated quarterly: The forecast spend for each individual technology (e.g. biogas, biomethane) for the following 12 months, based on pre-accreditations, deployment and expected load factors The estimated spend for the scheme as…

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Tags: DECC, renewable financial incentives, Ollie More, biomethane, biogas, biomethane to grid, financial incentives, RHI, anaerobic digestion, Renewable Heat Incentive

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DECC FIT and RHI cuts mean the R&D Forum needs to produce some magic

Last year Greg Barker MP, the then Minister for Energy, challenged the AD industry to innovate and cut the costs of generating renewable energy. This was following his decisions not to consider reviewing the small scale FITs tariff. Since then it's become clear that, through the degression mechanisms…

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Tags: DECC, R&D, R&D forum, Ollie More, digestate, bioresources, biorefinery

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ADBA R&D Forum to take the AD industry to the next level

We’ve now finalised our programme for the ADBA R&D Forum 2015. We are organising this Forum because we believe in pushing the industry, and those who work in it, to improve performance and maximise our use of the bioresources available. This way we can be more profitable…

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Tags: R&D, ADBA events, digestate, biomass sustainability criteria, bioresources, AD R&D, research and development, anaerobic digestion

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First month of 2015 Feed-In Tariff data published

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DECC have published the latest Feed-In Tariff data for 2015. Figures for January show that at the 500 kWe and under end of the scale, 3.3 MWe have already been pre-accredited (we expect mainly because of plants trying to lock-in December's tariff rate, which have now moved through the pre-accreditation process). Therefore,…

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