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EU energy & environmental policy - government consulting on European scope

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As part of the government-wide review of the balances of competences between the EU and the UK, aimed at examining the scope of EU activities and how it impacts on the UK, DECC and Defra have launched a joint call for evidence on the interaction between Europe and the UK…

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Tags: air quality, DECC, Defra, End of waste, European Union, Jordan Marshall, Waste Framework Directive

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New RHI delay disappointing - ADBA

ADBA PRESS RELEASE DECC have today announced that they have delayed their decision on introducing RHI support to AD projects with a thermal capacity of over 200 kW until the autumn. Responding to the news Charlotte Morton, chief executive, ADBA, said: Today’s announcement of yet another delay for expanded…

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Tags: DECC, heat use, RHI, thermal limit

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Announcement on RHI heat support delayed to autumn

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DECC have today disappointingly announced that they have delayed their decision on introducing RHI support to AD projects with a thermal capacity of over 200kW until the ‘Autumn’, which we have long called for to be in place. This is especially frustrating given that they had previously indicated that the…

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Tags: CHP, DECC, heat, Matt Hindle, RHI

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Clarke Energy secures series of biogas engine orders with Tamar Energy

ADBA MEMBER PRESS RELEASE Clarke Energy has secured a series of major orders with Tamar Energy, a developer of anaerobic digestion projects in the UK, to supply combined heat and power systems for their biogas plants. Clarke Energy secures orders of biogas engines for four sites across the UK including…

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Tags: CHP, Clarke Energy, DECC, Defra, gas engines, Tamar Energy

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DECC outlines post-RO support

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Ahead of schedule DECC have announced draft strike prices for renewable technologies including AD, giving an initial sight of support large projects will receive as the Renewables Obligation (RO) is phased out. Under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) proposals, from 2014 AD operators over 5MW will be able to receive 14.5p…

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Tags: Contracts for Difference, DECC, Renewables Obligation, strike prices

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The Spending Review and AD

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The Spending Round announcement (more commonly known as the Spending Review) is designed to give high-level detail on spending limits for government departments. It therefore doesn’t give masses of detail on individual policies, other than occasional headlines which the Chancellor has chosen to push. A statement in the DECC…

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Tags: Charlotte Morton, DCLG, DECC, Defra, DfT, energy bill, financial incentives, green growth, Matt Hindle, source segregation, transport, treasury

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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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Biomethane to Grid WG - RHI pre-accreditation, VOCs from food waste

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Yesterday’s Biomethane to Grid Working Group started in good spirits, following news that all gas distribution networks (GDNs) had accepted the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) 1% oxygen class exemption. This allows biomethane to be injected into the grid with a 1% oxygen composition – previously under Gas Safety Management Regulations…

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Tags: biomethane to grid, DECC, HSE, preliminary accredtion

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AD planning data

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Details of all AD projects within the planning system in the UK are now available for ADBA members via our website here. This page explains how to access DECC’s planning database, which shows up-to-date figures on which company has made an application, where the plant will be located, its…

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Tags: DECC, planning

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ADBA welcomes Energy Entrepreneurs Fund

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Responding to DECC’s announcement of £19M available to support innovative products in energy efficiency, storage and low carbon generation, Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive, ADBA said: There is a huge amount of innovation across the AD sector, and programmes such as the Energy…

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Tags: Charlotte Morton, DECC, funding, innovation

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Feed in Tariff and Small Scale AD: information submitted to government

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At our members’ meeting in April, one of the key topics we discussed was the impact of Feed in Tariff degression, especially at the smaller scale market. You can also read more about our response to this in the latest edition of AD & Biogas News (issue 17, p. 24). Since then,…

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Tags: DECC, Feed-in-Tariff, financial incentives, FIT, Matt Hindle, small scale AD

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Energy Bill passes to Lords without decarbonisation target

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The Energy Bill’s Report Stage and Third Reading took place on 3rd and 4th June. The Bill has now passed to the House of Lords, with the Second Reading (where the bill is debated in the upper house for the first time) on 18 June. During the Commons debates, the…

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Tags: DECC, Ed Davey, energy bill, FIT, House of Commons, House of Lords

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UK opposes EU renewables target, CCC shows £100bn benefit from going low carbon

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The Committee on Climate Change, the government’s official advisers on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, have published a significant report this week, which demonstrates the huge benefits that can be delivered for UK consumers if government takes firm action to support low carbon energy over the next two decades. This…

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Tags: CCC, decarbonisation target, DECC

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Renewable energy trends

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DECC has published statistics on renewable energy production in 2012, which show that electricity production from renewables reached a record high 12.5% in the fourth quarter of 2012. Installed electrical capacity for AD increased by 49% over the course of 2012, reaching 82MW by the close of the year. Electricity generation was also 38% higher in 2012…

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Changes at DECC - Fallon replaces Hayes

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John Hayes MP has surprisingly left his post as DECC energy minister, to be replaced by Michael Fallon MP who will also remain a minister in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). This was a particularly unexpected announcement (28 March) given the influence that Mr Hayes, a Conservative MP,…

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Tags: DECC, Fallon, Hayes

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