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DECC-funded project to support bird habitats and energy objectives

Two years ago DECC awarded £1m funding to a project that aimed to use waste reeds and rushes from wetland nature reserves for bioenergy: either through AD or direct biomass combustion. The results of that are starting to come through. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds …

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Tags: R&D, Ollie More, R&D forum, ADBA R&D Forum, r&d dissemination

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Opportunity to contribute to International Energy Agency biogas work

Yesterday I attended, on behalf of ADBA, the UK AGM of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Task 37 on Biogas.  It was useful to see how the Task is bringing together researchers from across Europe to disseminate what research has been done and what the priorities are. Task 37 has a…

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Proof of concept grants up for grabs - AD Network

The AD Network has opened its Proof of Concept funding stream to applications, with a closing date of 27 February.  Up to £60,000 can be applied for to demonstrate concepts in one of the "focus areas" the AD Network supports - these "focus areas" are to support the development…

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Tags: R&D, food waste operators, crop operators, funding, Ollie More, r&d funding

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Sub-100 kWe Feed-In Tariff ADBA cost exercise

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We believe that cost evidence is likely to support the case to introduce a new tariff for AD electricity plants of 100 kWe and under. We are working to establish what a tariff would be for this level, as well as to gather cost information to support the FIT review in…

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Tags: DECC, Feed-in-Tariff, Ollie More, renewable financial incentives, FIT

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EU research and development (R&D) funding - bio-sector free workshop

Horizon 2020 is the main European Commission funding programme supporting research and development in the EU. It is aimed not just as academia but also industry. Although significant amounts of funding are available, it can be a dauntingly-complex area to look at. The NNFCC are holding a free event on 28 January…

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Tags: R&D, Ollie More, European Commission

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DECC RHI degression data published - large biomethane uptake continues

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DECC have released data on their RHI 'Estimated commitments' page showing that the large uptake of biomethane in the RHI continued in November. The forecast expenditure for biomethane is now way above the level forming part of the calculation for the July 2015 'expenditure threshold'. Uptake for the whole scheme was…

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Tags: DECC, Ollie More, RHI, renewable financial incentives, crop operators, food waste operators, biomethane to grid

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Converting biogas Co2 into methane

The Guardian reported this weekend on using waste co2 from biogas plants to produce additional methane, in combination with hydrogen produced from waste electricity generation. This kind of project will become increasingly important as the intermittancy of the electricity grid increases. They refer to the  Fraunhofer Institute for Wind…

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Feed-in tariff data published - surge in pre-accreditation applications in September

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DECC have released Feed-in Tariff (FIT) deployment data for November 2014. We already knew about the expected further 10% cut to the Feed-In Tariff in April 2015 for sub-500 kWe plants and the extra 5% cut to the 500kWe - 5 MWe plants (in addition to the 10% and 5% cuts seen in October this year). We'…

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Household food waste collections nudge up, DEFRA figures show

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The volume of household food waste collected for anaerobic digestion and composting in England nudged up in 2013, according to figures released by DEFRA. 270,000 tonnes are reported to have been collected in 2013, compared to 230,000 tonnes in 2012 and 170,000 tonnes in 2011. The rate of increase of 40,000 tonnes over the year is low, although…

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Tags: Ollie More, food waste, Defra, food waste operators

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New FITs data confirm degression for April 2015 for > 500 kWe plants

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DECC have confirmed that there will be a further ~5% cut to the Feed-In Tariff for plants of 500 kWe - 5 MWe on 1 April. This is on top of the 5% cut which was applied on 1 October. The new cut will come into force for plants accrediting from 1 April (although plants with pre-accreditation…

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Tags: Feed-in-Tariff, FIT, DECC, renewable financial incentives

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AD research – what are the industry priorities? (Ellen MacArthur)

ADBA has long been encouraging collaboration between academia and the AD industry. Since taking on this role I've discovered just how much research is being conducted by academia on all aspects of the technology from genetics to digestate to siloxanes measurement. From the R&D Forums that we…

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New £2m funding available for small business feasibility studies for new products

Innovate UK (the Government body supporting innovation in the UK through grants) is to invest up to £2m in feasibility studies to stimulate innovation across four enabling technology areas: advanced materials; biosciences; electronics, sensors and photonics; and information and communications.     They are seeking proposals that…

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£5m innovation funding to AD, SuperGEN Bioenergy Hub

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Innovation funding We've been given some data detailing how researchers and companies in the AD sector have received nearly £5m in the last three years on innovation projects, solely from Government innovation funding (i.e. not including all research or WRAP innovation funding).  This includes funding to…

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Tags: R&D, Ollie More, ADBA events

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Meeting with Innovate UK last week – R&D

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Last Thursday I attended a meeting at Innovate UK – the Government agency that provides funding to organisations to support innovation and growth in the UK beyond the research base, including through the commercialisation of technologies. Myself, Angie Bywater of the AD Network and Steve Broome from the CPI…

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Ofgem sustainability criteria workshop on Monday

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On Monday I attended a workshop held by Ofgem on sustainability criteria for the RHI. I was pleased that Ofgem had gone to the effort of organising a workshop specific to the biogas and biomethane sector and it allowed our members to explain to Ofgem some of the points of…

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Tags: RHI, biomethane to grid, biomethane, biomass sustainability criteria, sustainability criteria, crop operators

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