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AD market update

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I've updated our market analysis page with details of the latest developments in the AD market. The presentations on the page show that we now have 157 plants outside of the water sector, of which 8 are biomethane. We have also seen the commissioning of the first biomethane plant in the…

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Tags: Ollie More, market analysis

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Lots happening on ADBA Research and Development (R&D)

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Our new website now contains an R&D page in the library section which details all the latest R&D funding opportunities potentially available to the sector, as well as a database of academics and their areas of expertise we are developing and links to news items and…

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Tags: R&D, ADBA events, research and development, R&D forum, R&D Hub

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Just £2m of forecast expenditure away from RHI biomethane degression

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DECC have just released data indicating that if just £2m more of biomethane preliminary applications are made to Ofgem over September and October, we could see a 5% biomethane degression in the RHI as early as the 1 January 2015. On its estimated commitments calculation, DECC estimates the amount of expenditure…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, biomethane, Ollie More

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Biomethane campaign: options for deregulation

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Yesterday I attended a meeting of the Biomethane Campaign Group, which we set up with the Energy Networks Association and others to tackle the disproportionately high cost of connecting biomethane plants to the grid. See information on the last meeting held on this here. Ofgem gave an update on the…

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Tags: biomethane, biomethane to grid, Ollie More, grid connection

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FITs degression statistics - latest on 500 kW - 5 MW degression

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DECC have published their monthly figures on FIT deployment. For the sub-500 kWe scale, ‘deployment’ (including pre-accreditations) was already over the amount required to cause a 10% October degression (followed by a further degression in April 2015 to take the full year degression to 20%). For the 500 kWe - 5 MWe a 5% tariff reduction…

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Tags: Feed-in-Tariff, FITs

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DECC Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Industry Advisory Group (IAG)

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Today I attended DECC’s Industry Advisory Group (IAG) meeting, at which DECC update industry participants on progress on the RHI and we feed back comments. Some key points were: The biomethane tariff review is scheduled to include a Government response and Parliamentary process over Winter. The tariff guarantee…

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Tags: DECC, IAG, industry advisory group, RHI

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Confusion over biogas RHI eligibility

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We have been liaising with Ofgem on the eligibility of biogas plants for RHI heat. Scenarios in which existing digesters serving existing CHPs (built before December 2013) have added additional CHPs were expected to be eligible for the scheme following DECC’s ‘clarification note’ some months back. However, Ofgem have now…

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Tags: DECC, eligibility, Ofgem, Ollie More, Renewable Heat Incentive, RHI

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Disappointing letter from DECC Minister Amber Rudd on Feed-In Tariff

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It is extremely disappointing to receive this Reply from Amber Rudd MP which says that Government does not intend to extend the FiTs pre-accreditation period. This was a reasonable request, not least in the light of the unexpected changes and subsequent withdrawal of the conditions for grid connections by Ofgem,…

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Tags: feed-in tariffs, FIT

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Invite to sustainability criteria RHI workshop -  a must-attend event for RHI

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We have been lobbying Ofgem to hold a workshop for the anaerobic digestion industry on meeting the sustainability requirements for the RHI. These will be mandatory from Spring for all plants hoping to claim the RHI: biogas and biomethane. They have agreed to this and have provided the following information …

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Tags: biomass sustainability criteria, Renewable Heat Incentive, RHI, sustainability criteria

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Large jump in pre-registration applications pushes RHI biomethane closer to degression

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A large jump in the number of preliminary applications to the RHI for biomethane in July has pushed biomethane closer to the “Anticipated expenditure” which, if aligned with deployment across the scheme, could cause a degression trigger on 31 October, which would impact on new plants commissioning from 31 January 2015. This could…

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Tags: biomethane, degression, Renewable Heat Incentive, RHI

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Biomethane sustainability criteria update

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RHI and biomethane sustainability update As many of you will already be aware, there is a serious problem in the way in which DECC intends industry to demonstrate 60% GHG savings for biomethane from spring 2015. This came to light after DECC agreed to share draft regulations at a far earlier stage…

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Tags: Renewable Heat Incentive, RHI, sustainability criteria

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New DECC data indicates 10% FITs 500kW-5 MW degression

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DECC have published data this week pointing towards a degression of 10% for the year for the 500 kW - 5 MW plants in the FIT scheme applying from next April. The 10% degression ‘trigger’ is set at 38.4 MW for this scale of plant, and as of the end of July we have seen 32.3…

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Tags: degression, Feed-in-Tariff, FIT, FITs

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R&D update - new Agri-tech funding, ADBA attending EU R&D funding event, digestate/ ash rese

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There’s lots going on in the R&D world related to AD this week: £70m Agri-Tech Catalyst - Round 3 now open The £70m Agri-Tech Catalyst provides support to businesses and researchers from any sector or discipline by funding the development…

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New Ofgem RHI guidance published for biogas heat

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Ofgem have published their new RHI guidance, reflecting the changes in legislation that Parliament recently passed to reflect the expansion of the scheme to biogas above 200 kWth, among other changes. Some notable points include: “A possible heat use in a biogas installation is to dry the digestate. We…

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Tags: biogas, biogas heat, RHI

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New concerns on DECC RHI sustainability criteria

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Since attending a workshop on the RHI sustainability criteria last week we’ve been receiving some worrying signals from DECC over the criteria. We’re concerned about the stage at which the emission saving against the fossil fuel comparator needs to be made for biomethane (i.e. the 125 kg co…

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Tags: DECC, Ofgem, Ollie More, Renewable Heat Incentive, RHI, sustainability, sustainability criteria

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