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Bioenergy sustainability: urgent feedback needed for carbon calculator

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Last week, we met E4tech to go through possible revisions to the carbon calculator which can be used to demonstrate compliance with sustainability criteria in the RO and RHI. This round of changes will be limited, but still covers some important issues – and they need some urgent input…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, crop operators, biomethane, bioenergy sustainability, bioenergy sustainability criteria, crop feedstocks, purpose grown crops, renewable financial, Matt Hindle

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RHI biomethane review: ADBA roundtable

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As part of the ongoing review of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) biomethane tariff, we yesterday held a roundtable meeting with ADBA members and DECC officials to discuss the government’s proposals and offer members the opportunity to comment and present evidence directly to DECC’s RHI team. Current DECC…

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Tags: biomethane to grid, DECC, gas grid injection, gate fees, Jordan Marshall, purpose grown crops, RHI, RHI biomethane review

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RO and RHI sustainability criteria update

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Last week we responded to an Ofgem consultation on guidance for complying with sustainability criteria for the Renewables Obligation. The guidance – consisting of three documents which also cover Fuel Measurement and Sampling and guidance on the RO sustainability audit process – applies to current requirements for reporting sustainability, which will become…

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Tags: bioenergy, DECC, Matt Hindle, Ofgem, purpose grown crops, RHI, RO, sustainability, sustainability criteria

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Implementation of RO sustainability criteria delayed until 2015

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DECC have published their decision on the consultation on Renewables Obligation (RO) sustainability criteria. In a welcome move, DECC have listened to industry calls and delayed the implementation of the criteria until April 2015, which we had advocated on the basis that AD plants take around a year to build and…

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Tags: carbon calculator, DECC, GHG emissions, iLUC, Jordan Marshall, Ofgem, purpose grown crops, Renewables Obligation, RO sustainability criteria

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Leak provides insight on possible future sustainability criteria

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Leaked European Commission proposals have shed light on the possible future of bioenergy policy and sustainability criteria for AD. The internal proposal from the Directorate General for Energy is a draft for discussion within the Commission, so is still subject to change. You can view it here. The document aims…

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Tags: bioenergy, biomethane, EBA, farming, financial incentives, FIT, greenhouse gas emissions, Matt Hindle, purpose grown crops, RED, RHI, RO, sustainability criteria

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RO Sustainability Criteria update

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DECC have informed us that their response to the consultation on Renewables Obligation (RO) sustainability criteria is set to be published in the next month. This consultation, which closed in November 2012, proposed that plants over 1MW which treat non-waste feedstocks (ie purpose grown crops) would have to meet greenhouse gas …

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Tags: crop best practice, DECC, Jordan Marshall, purpose grown crops, Renewables Obligation, RHI, RO, sustainability criteria

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2012: the key policy developments

2012 has certainly been a busy year for ADBA’s policy team. See below for just six of the key policy issues and themes that have been occupying us in the last twelve months – on top of these came the drafting of a Biomethane Quality Protocol, the development and announcement of…

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Tags: End of waste, FIT, green gas, purpose grown crops, RHI, RO

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