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Is it a Green Industrial Revolution?

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Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 crisis, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been a vocal supporter of a green recovery. Both Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have repeatedly pledged that the rescue packages were going to be green “with concern of the environment at its heart”.  Co-hosting…

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Tags: ten point plan, green industrial revolution, spending review, prime minister, chancellor, biomethane, anaerobic digestion, hydrogen, national infrastructure assessment, national infrastructure commission, national infrastructure strategy

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Autumn Budget delayed and a Green Gas Sector Deal

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Speculations that the Autumn Budget might be delayed if a second coronavirus wave were to sweep Britain have become reality. Yesterday (23rd September), the Treasury announced that the Budget would be postponed from this November to next Spring. While a Spending Review is still expected in the coming months, it…

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Chancellor’s Green Recovery keeps us waiting

Over the past few months, headlines have been both calling for and anticipating the Chancellor would commit to a green recovery from the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. To the delight of environmental campaigners, both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been clear in pledging…

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Tags: chancellor, summer economic update, green recovery, energy efficiency, ADBA, cop26, UK AD & Biogas, recovery packages, rishi sunak, boris johnson

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Put renewables at heart of green recovery, say trade bodies

Put renewables at heart of green recovery, say trade bodies Renewables trade bodies and related associations write to Chancellor calling for renewables to be placed at the heart of the post Covid-19 green recovery plans to ensure we #buildbackbetter A consortium of trade associations representing the renewables industry and related…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, Charlotte Morton, renewables, green recovery, chancellor, rishi sunak, REA, eca, Scottish Renewables, ade, uksif, green jobs

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ADBA responds to Budget 2020

ADBA responds to Budget 2020 Responding to the 2020 Budget delivered this afternoon, Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), said: “Whilst there is an understandable focus on addressing the coronavirus, climate change is a far greater threat, as Prof Brian Hoskins, founding director of the…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, budget, 2020, RHI, biogas, biomethane, Charlotte Morton, green gas levy, coronavirus, climate change, chancellor, UK AD & Biogas, giulia ceccarelli

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ADBA outlines wish list ahead of Budget Statement

With this year's feed in tariff cap for anaerobic digestion almost full already, it's time for the Chancellor to commit more resources to delivering viable baseload capacity through AD to secure our electricity supplies. In addition, industry urges the Chancellor to recognise the Committee on Climate Change…

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Tags: press, media, budget, chancellor, FIT, baseload energy, CCC, fifth carbon budget, on-farm AD, biodegradable waste, landfill, separate food waste collections, Circular Economy

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ADBA calls for £25m R&I funding from government to boost AD exports

As the Chancellor prepares his budget statement for Wednesday, the AD industry has called for him to recognise the global opportunity for UK companies and researchers in biogas, digestate and bioproducts. In a policy paper to the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), ADBA has called on government to…

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Tags: press release, r&i, R&D, adba r&i forum 2016, budget, chancellor, funding, research, academia, market leader, bioprocessing, york, university of york, exports, innovation programme, power-to-methane, digestate, green gas, renewable energy, recycling, decarbonisation, manufacturing, Charlotte Morton, Derek Sivyer

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Funding pledge for AD highlights importance of local business engagement

Last week we reported on Labour’s support for domestic green gas generation in the UK. Yesterday, the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer set out the Conservative Party’s long term economic plan for the south-west, which included a pledge to: support tech clusters, green energy,…

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Tags: local enterprise partnerships, green gas, political parties, prime minister, chancellor, Derek Sivyer, conservative party, MP, funding, enterprise zone

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Spending review leaves questions unanswered - Morton

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Reacting to the spending review announced by the Chancellor today [26 June] Charlotte Morton, chief executive, ADBA, said: If the Chancellor is serious about growth, he will embrace green. All the evidence shows low-carbon industries and technologies growing despite the wider economic malaise, and business groups…

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Tags: chancellor, Charlotte Morton, DECC, green growth, Osborne, spending review

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What does the budget mean for AD?

At least it doesn’t take long to make it through all of the green (and not so green) measures in today’s budget. The Chancellor’s statement that “creating a low-carbon economy should be done in a way that creates jobs – not costs them” set a similar tone to…

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Tags: budget, chancellor, finance, financial incentives, green growth, Matt Hindle, treasury

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