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R&I Forum programme shaping up to support industry growth

Our annual Forum for the research and innovation (R&I) community in the AD sector is shaping up to be unmissable. The event will bring together the academic, industrial and public sectors to debate the latest research on subjects like maximising the value of digestate, the impact of Brexit…

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Tags: biogas, R&D, anaerobic digestion, digestate, r&i, r&i forum, r&i forum 2017, food waste operators, crop operators

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Future gas use to decline, no space for shale

In July, BEIS published statistics on the use of natural gas in the UK[1]. Of note is the decline in the use of gas for electricity generation since 2011, from 309 TWh to 212 TWh in 2015. This trend may continue as more renewable sources of electricity and nuclear are connected. Gas use for…

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PRESS RELEASE: AD Delivers more jobs & baseload energy sooner than Hinkley

In response to today’s announcement regarding Hinkley, ADBA's Chief Executive, Charlotte Morton, commented: It is remarkable that the government has proposed a subsidy of £0 / MWhe for new baseload waste AD whilst offering a subsidy of £55 / MWhe to Hinkley. The government is closing support to new…

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Tags: press release, Ollie More, anaerobic digestion, biogas, hinkley, hinkley point c

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Do you have an idea for an innovative value chain? Claim free consultancy

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SuperBIO is an innovation project supported through the EU Horizon2020 funding programme. The €3.8 million project supports the development of promising industrial value chains in the bioeconomy. It therefore engages with the EU bio-based business community. The project provides 10 different types of innovation services to third party SMEs which…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, food waste, crop operators, Ollie More, NNFCC, funding, r&d funding

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The reasearch and innovation great digestate challenge: research to maximise nutrient use efficiency

Day 2 of our UK AD & Biogas R&I Hub features a challenge to academia and industry on digestate: how to maximise the use of nutrients. WRAP have assessed the proportion of digestate nutrients are not taken up by plants in the growing season. Following best practice in digestate…

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Tags: UK AD & Biogas, anaerobic digestion, biogas, digestate, Wrap, R&D, r&d dissemination

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Optimising the AD process: every little helps

Our industry magazine, published this week, has highlighted how AD plants should be optimised, with tips from the experts. Areas mentioned included: Metering of feedstock input volume and measurement of dry matter Metering and analysis of gas pH monitors Temperature probes Titration tests Daily machinery checks Plant cleanliness and high…

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Tags: R&D, UK AD & Biogas, r&i hub, biogas, anaerobic digestion

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Digesting the indigestible

Day two of this year's R&I Hub at UK AD & Biogas will have a big focus on indigestible material in food waste.  Why is this important? Food waste AD has developed dramatically in the last three years: the volume of food waste processed through the…

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Tags: r&d dissemination, r&i, research and innovation hub, biogas, anaerobic digestion, UK AD & Biogas, uk ad & biogas 2016

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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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DECC FIT consultation published: ADBA briefing

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As you may well be aware, DECC have today released their consultation on the future of the Feed-in Tariff for AD. See our briefing on this here. Our public reaction can be found here. We had expected this consultation would fail to address the principle issues with the FIT scheme …

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Tags: food waste operators, crop operators, DECC, biogas, anaerobic digestion, Feed-in-Tariff, renewable financial incentives

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ADBA call for industry innovation for inclusion in UK AD & Biogas market report

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We are currently writing up our Market Report for UK AD & Biogas 2016. We're going to include a chapter on innovation in the AD sector, focussing on any announcements that have been made in the last six months (since December last year).  If you have any links to…

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Tags: biogas, anaerobic digestion, innovation

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Exciting phosphorus innovation at Severn Trent

Severn Trent has announced that it is evaluating six technologies to reduce phosphorus in its waste water.  Working with partners at Packington STW in Leicestershire, Severn Trent is currently evaluating: Pile Cloth Media Filtration; Membrane Filtration; Ballasted Coagulation; Nano-particle Embedded Ion Exchange; Immobilised Algal Bioreactor; and Absorption Media Reed…

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Tags: R&D, r&d dissemination, severn trent, Cranfield University

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AD’s £40m chance to solve global challenges

When it comes to global poverty reduction, the UK government is putting its money where its mouth is. As part of its commitment to spend 0.7% of UK GDP on global poverty reduction and other global challenges, the government has launched a call to research projects that can make a global…

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Tags: r&d funding, R&D, r&i hub, uk ad & biogas 2016

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Slides now available - Research and Innovation Forum

We have now published the slides from the presentations at our April Research and Innovation Forum, which was held at the University of York. See these here. A couple of my favourites are below, courtesy of Mike Mason and the Biological and Bioenergy Scientific Research Council (BBSRC):  

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Tags: R&D, r&i forum, r&i forum 2016, adba r&i forum 2016

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Research and Innovation Hub - call for papers

Each year, as part of UK AD & Biogas, we organise a Hub for researchers and industry professionals to get together and discuss the latest research being conducted in the sector and how it will impact on the themes being discussed by the 3,000 attendees at the show. With AD becoming…

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Research and Innovation Forum - closing for bookings Monday

Bookings for our sixth Research and Innovation (R&I) Forum will be closing on Monday 4 April at 6pm. We have an excellent line-up of speakers with over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles published between them. We're also delighted that so many operators have chosen to both speak at the event…

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Tags: r&i forum, adba r&i forum 2016, adba r&i forum, research and innovation forum, research and innovation forum 2016, biogas, anaerobic digestion, R&D

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