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Free workshops on carbon calculator and sustainability criteria

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As you will be aware all those claiming RHI will need to demonstrate compliance to the RHI biomass sustainability criteria from October 2015. In order to show compliance the Biomass and Biogas Carbon Calculator (B2C2) has been introduced – to help RHI recipients understand this tool DECC are holding a…

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Tags: carbon calculator, b2c2, RHI, sustainability criteria, workshop, Ofgem, DECC, e4tech, ghg calculator, GHG emissions, will bushby

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Biomethane campaign: evidence on CV measurement costs

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As I posted in January, the Energy Networks Association (ENA) is planning to consult on options to reduce costs of CV measurement at biomethane sites. This week, the biomethane campaign group we established with ENA met to discuss the consultation proposal with Ofgem, who will ultimately have to approve any…

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Tags: DECC, biomethane, biomethane to grid, Ofgem, food waste operators, crop operators, Matt Hindle

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Consultation deadlines

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Over the last few weeks I have blogged asking for help on several different consultations, we are fast approaching several of these deadlines so I thought it might be useful to consolidate all my requests into one small blog. Below are a list of the consulations with the views we…

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Tags: RHI, finance, Finance Forum, consultation, DECC, EA, land spreading, digestate, Environment Agency, European Commission, Europe, emissions, eu emission trading system, eu ets, will bushby, crop operators, workshop

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ADBA responds to changes to EIS funding - 2014 Autumn Statement

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Today ADBA has submitted a response to the Chancellors announcement that companies benefitting from subsidies for the generation of renewable energy will be excluded from benefitting from EIS, SEIS and VCTs with effect from 6 April 2015. We would like to thank all members that provided help and feedback. As soon as…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, FIT, financial incentives, EIS, VCT, will bushby, renewable financial incentives, finance, Finance Forum, HM Treasury, treasury, Autumn Statement

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New RHI biomethane injection to grid tariff

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You may remember in December we provided a briefing note on DECC's announcement of a new set of biomethane RHI tariffs. Today we have received confirmation that the changes announced in the government response to the biomethane tariff review are now planned to come into force on 12 February.  …

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Tags: DECC, will bushby, biomethane, RHI, financial incentives, renewable financial incentives, biomethane to grid, food waste operators, crop operators

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Changes to EIS funding - deadline for comments 10th Feb

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As you will remember from Matt's blog in December, the Chancellor announced in last year's Autumn Statement important changes to investment rules that could have a real impact on investment in the AD sector. Previously, Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) & Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) funding had been restricted…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, FIT, financial incentives, EIS, VCT, will bushby, renewable financial incentives, finance, Finance Forum

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Carbon Calculator guidance: deadline for comments next week

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As we reported earlier this week, the updated carbon calculator has now been published.  Operators or developers who are expecting to use the calculator to demonstrate compliance with sustainability criteria now have the opportunity to start using the new version, and highlight any problems or issues.  DECC have…

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Tags: RHI, DECC, Ofgem, financial incentives, biomethane to grid, crop operators, biomethane, Matt Hindle, bioenergy sustainability criteria, bioenergy sustainability, sustainability criteria, carbon calculator

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New carbon calculator published with biogas & biomethane updates

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Ofgem have today released an updated version of the Biomass and Biogas Carbon Calculator, which is available to download (along with an updated user guide) here. The calculator can be used to demonstrate the greenhouse gases emitted by crop-based anaerobic digestion, which are limited under RO and RHI sustainability criteria.…

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Tags: DECC, Ofgem, Defra, RHI, FIT, Feed-in-Tariff, RO, calculator, carbon calculator, bioenergy sustainability, bioenergy sustainability criteria, crop operators, Matt Hindle

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RHI tariff guarantees consultation – ADBA’s response submitted

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DECC recently asked for views on how a tariff guarantee for the RHI could work. The main aim of a tariff guarantee is to provide greater clarity on the level of subsidy a project will receive, making the RHI more bankable for projects with long lead-in times and encouraging deployment…

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Tags: consultation, RHI, rhi tariffs, DECC, will bushby

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DECC seeking views on the introduction of third party finance options for RHI

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As you all know, the Non-Domestic RHI scheme provides important support to the AD sector, and DECC are now looking for views to increase flexibility of the scheme. The department is seeking evidence on whether assigning the RHI payment directly to a third-party may be useful - this could help…

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Tags: RHI, finance, consultation, DECC, will bushby

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Final 2014 FIT deployment figures published

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The final Feed-in Tariff statistics for applications in 2014 were published this morning.  You can download the official statistics here, and we will update details on the members' area as soon as possible.  There are no surprises in the final figures, but of course the headlines are: 20% year-on-year degression…

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Tags: FIT, DECC, renewable financial incentives, Matt Hindle, food waste operators, crop operators

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RHI Tariff Guarantees Consultation

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As you may know, DECC have recently been looking into the idea on how a tariff guarantee for the RHI could work, should the Government decide to make a guarantee available from April 2016. The main aim of a tariff guarantee is to provide greater clarity on the level of subsidy…

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Tags: will bushby, rhi tariffs, RHI, consultation, DECC

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Sub-100 kWe Feed-In Tariff ADBA cost exercise

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We believe that cost evidence is likely to support the case to introduce a new tariff for AD electricity plants of 100 kWe and under. We are working to establish what a tariff would be for this level, as well as to gather cost information to support the FIT review in…

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Tags: DECC, Feed-in-Tariff, Ollie More, renewable financial incentives, FIT

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RHI biomethane degression clarified

Following the RHI biomethane tariff announcement in December, several members have contacted us for clarification on the way in which the first degression of new tariffs will be calculated for July 2015.  Our understanding, as explained in our (now updated) briefing, was that the normal calculation would be applied -…

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Tags: DECC, RHI, biomethane, Matt Hindle, food waste operators, crop operators, financial incentives, biomethane to grid

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Biomethane campaign: consultation on reducing CV measurement regulation nears

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Last week I represented ADBA at a meeting of the biomethane campaign we founded with ENA to break down regulatory barriers to the biomethane to grid market.  The main focus of the meeting was to discuss an upcoming consultation on options for calorific value (CV) regulation at biomethane to…

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Tags: biomethane, RHI, biomethane campaign, ENA, Ofgem, Matt Hindle, DECC, food waste operators, crop operators

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