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FIT degression: latest updates and opportunity for discussion

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New figures on FIT deployment are likely to be published by Monday at the latest, and we anticipate these showing that accreditations and pre-accreditations below 500 kW have passed 9 MW in 2013. This will be enough to trigger 20% degression in the < 250 kW and 250-500 kW tariffs in April 2014. We will of…

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Tags: DECC, Defra, degression, financial incentives, FIT, Matt Hindle, members' meeting

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FIT Degression: update on latest discussions

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Meetings with DECC on FIT degression are ongoing as we try to find a solution to the threat of near certain degressions in the Feed-in Tariffs for <250 kW and 250-500 kW AD plants from April 2014. Since we initially presented the policy options in September, it has become apparent that…

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Tags: DECC, degression, financial incentives, FIT, incentives, Matt Hindle

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Changes at Defra in ministerial reshuffle

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Farming Minister David Heath MP was the most notable casualty of the government’s ministerial reshuffle this week. Heath, who opened GENeco’s Avonmouth plant in December and was a supporter of AD, will be replaced by fellow Liberal Democrat Dan Rogerson MP. No announcement has yet been given on…

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Tags: Baroness Kramer, Dan Rogerson, David Heath, DECC, Defra, DfT, George Eustice, Lord De Mauley, Norman Baker

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AD installed capacity up 85% & generation increase of 36%

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Installed electrical capacity in the AD sector has increased by 85% compared to this point last year, with generation also increasing by 36%. According to DECC figures, AD capacity (outside the water sector) in the second quarter of 2013 was 155 MW, a big jump from the same point in 2012, when the figure was 8…

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Tags: DECC, energy trends, Jordan Marshall

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Important: FIT Degression Data and Discussions

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Data on Feed in Tariff deployment to the end of August has now been published on the DECC website, and updated figures are available on the page in the members’ area here. We have also added some new graphs which show scenarios for deployment in the rest of this year,…

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Tags: DECC, degression, financial incentives, FIT, Matt Hindle, RO

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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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Public enthusiasm for renewable energy, concerns over energy security

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DECC’s latest survey of public attitudes has demonstrated the consistently strong support for renewable energy, as well as reflecting the public’s concerns over climate change, increases in energy bills and long term energy security. 76% of those surveyed support the use of renewable energy, while there is also increasing…

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Biogas key to decarbonising heat in ceramics sector: DECC report

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A DECC commissioned report into decarbonising heat use in industry has pinpointed the ceramics sector as an area where biogas can have an important long term impact. The report focused on six areas (refineries, metals, non-metallic minerals (cement, ceramics, and glass), paper and pulp, chemicals, and food and drink, reviewing…

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Tags: ceramics, decarbonisation, DECC, heat

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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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ADBA responds to review of EU/UK responsibility for environmental policy

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Our response to the consultation examining the interaction of EU and UK level policy on the environment and climate change largely welcomed the impact of EU-level policy, particularly with regard to waste policy. Benefits of EU-level responsibility We emphasised that the overarching revised Waste Framework Directive (rWFD) has provided the…

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Tags: DECC, Defra, End of waste, EU, Jordan Marshall, source segregation, Waste Framework Directive

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Gas Transporter licence: class exemption for BtG introduced

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Following a consultation, DECC has introduced a class exemption, including for those injecting biomethane into the gas grid, from the requirement to hold a gas transporter licence. This should come into effect from next Monday 12 August. This is something we called for in our consultation response, and on top of…

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Tags: biomethane to grid, DECC, Network Entry Agreement, Ofgem

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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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Government quashes Lords' call for ban on organics to landfill

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Following our update that an amendment to the Energy Bill had been tabled in the Lords calling for government to move towards eliminating sending organic waste to landfill, we can now inform you that this amendment has disappointlingly been withdrawn although there was extensive discussion in the Lords of the…

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Tags: DECC, energy bill, food waste, Jordan Marshall, landfill ban, separate food waste collections, source segregation

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AD generation up 88% in 2012

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Annual figures published by DECC show that in 2012 electricity generation from AD reached 1.3 TWh, and there was a 88% increase in AD generation outside the water sector. The DUKES data also shows that AD’s installed electrical capacity by the end of 2012 was 309MW, with a 66% increase outside the water sector. …

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Tags: DECC, DUKES, Jordan Marshall

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DECC reveals detailed plans for post-RO support

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As we updated you at the start of July, DECC were set to provide further detail on the support which will be available under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) mechanism for AD projects over 5MW when the Renewables Obligation (RO) closes to new generation in 2017, and what will happen in…

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Tags: Contracts for Difference, DECC, Jordan Marshall, RO, strike prices

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