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2030 EU deal: renewables to provide 27% of energy

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Extending the current binding targets to 2020, the European Commission this week announced EU-wide 2030 targets for cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and generating energy from renewable sources. A 40% cut in GHG emissions (relative to 1990 levels), alongside the use of at least 27% of energy from renewables will be required across member states…

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Tags: 2030 targets, air pollution, biomethane vehicles, Climate Change Act, climate change targets, EU, European Commission, GHG emissions, Jordan Marshall, renewable target

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Party Conferences: What's on the ADgenda?

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As the party conference season kicks off in Glasgow, the week has started with stories about the debate within the Lib Dems on the direction of the economic recovery. Yesterday, however, the Lib Dems did agree on the importance of green growth to economic prosperity, adopting a policy paper on…

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Tags: climate change targets, Conservatives, DECC, Defra, financial incentives, food waste, green growth, Labour, Lib Dems, Matt Hindle, party conferences, sustainability

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Air quality: the coming storm

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On 7 March the UK’s Supreme Court will hear a case against the Defra brought by NGO ClientEarth on the UK’s failure to meet legally-binding standards for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in 35 of 43 zones across the country. The poor level of UK air quality is not news in itself. When…

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Tags: ADBA news, biomethane, climate change targets, DfT, local authorities, Matt Hindle, transport

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Parliamentary Chair urges consistent subsidy support

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Influential MP Alan Whitehead today urged the government to provide consistent subsidy support to ensure the UK meets its 2020 renewables target. Whitehead, Chair of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group, said that:...plans may start to suffer ...should we have either an unfavourable investment climate or a climate whereby the…

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Tags: climate change targets, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group, RO

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Show marks big week for AD - Lord Redesdale

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Anaerobic digestion is central to getting Britain back on track with climate change targets, according to the industry’s representative body, which is holding its annual trade show and conference on 6-7 July 2011. ADBA Chairman and Liberal Democrat peer Lord Redesdale said: The CCC’s…

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Tags: ADBA events, CCC, climate change targets, Redesdale, UK AD & Biogas

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Failures on climate targets show need for AD

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Reacting to the publication today [30 June] of the 3rd Review from the Committee on Climate Change, ADBA Chief Executive Charlotte Morton said: Despite all the talk from government, the Committee on Climate Change has shown that we’re moving no closer to meeting climate change targets …

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Tags: ADBA events, CCC, Charlotte Morton, climate change targets, UK AD & Biogas

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RHI commitment must prioritise AD

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Lord Redesdale, Chairman of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association, has welcomed the government’s Spending Review commitment to a Renewable Heat Incentive, and called for it to prioritise anaerobic digestion. The Chancellor’s confirmation that the RHI will be available from April 2011 is welcome.…

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Tags: climate change targets, Redesdale, RHI, spending review

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Green economic boom under threat from Treasury

ADBA PRESS RELEASE The government will fail to create its promised green economic boom if the Treasury takes the wrong decisions in the Comprehensive Spending Review, according to a new report from a key part of the renewable energy industry. A £2 billion per year industry with 35,000 new jobs is…

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Tags: climate change targets, Dorian Harrison, financial incentives, green growth, treasury

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Anaerobic digestion - the renewable technology of 2010/11

ADBA PRESS RELEASE The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) is holding the UK’s first stand alone trade show on anaerobic digestion (AD), UK AD & Biogas 2010, at the NEC on 7 and 8 July, showcasing over 70 exhibitors from both the UK and Europe covering the entire industry from constructors,…

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Tags: climate change targets, Redesdale, UK AD & Biogas

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Government fails to support anaerobic digestion

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Although the Committee on Climate Change has confirmed that the government’s Climate Change targets will not be met without anaerobic digestion, DECC’s announcement yesterday of its response to the consultation on the upcoming Feed in Tariff (FIT) has had the effect of significantly…

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Tags: CCC, climate change targets, DECC, Dorian Harrison, farming, finance, financial incentives, Johnathan Scurlock, Oliver Harwood, Redesdale, Rob Heap

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