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Farming sector leads 40% surge in electricity from biogas

The Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC) yesterday released their annual Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES), demonstrating a surge in AD capacity outside of the water industry from 164MW in 2013 to 216MW (32 per cent) in 2014. ADBA’s own analysis shows that these plants generated 40 per cent…

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Tags: press release, DECC, DUKES, capacity, sewage, sludge, water industry, on-farm, farming, market report, biomethane, intermittent renewables, FIT, bioeconomy, government, operational performance, Derek Sivyer

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Avonmouth Food Waste Digester Opening

Following the interest in the Poundury opening a fortnight ago, we were in south west England again yesterday to see another new AD plant open. Wessex Water have been treating sewage sludge in Avonmouth for decades, and are now commissioning an 40,000 tonne food waste digestion plant developed by GENeco alongside…

Posted in: ADBA News, Industry News, Members' press release, News for Members, Policy updates, R&D Updates

Tags: food waste, GENeco, water industry, Wessex Water

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OFT recommendations will help AD

ADBA PRESS RELEASE ADBA Chairman and Lib Dem peer Lord Redesdale has welcomed the publication today [Thursday] of the OFT’s Market Study into Organic Waste. The Market Study was prompted by the water regulator Ofwat, to explore what barriers exist to competition in the treatment of sewage sludge,…

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Tags: OFT Market Study, Ofwat, Redesdale, water industry

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Organic waste study is welcome

ADBA PRESS RELEASE ADBA, the trade association for anaerobic digestion, has welcomed today’s announcement of a market study by the Office of Fair Trading, supported by Ofwat, looking at the market for treatment of organic waste. The study will look at: Whether price regulation of sewage-sludge treatment, recycling…

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Tags: Charlotte Morton, OFT Market Study, Ofwat, water industry

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