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Updates from ADBA Regulatory Forum

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ADBA's latest Regulatory Forum took place in Leeds last Thursday, with forty ADBA members gathering to hear updates from the key regulatory bodies and discuss the implications of changing regulation. Robert Starr, from hosts Walker Morris, opened the day with a presentation on enforcement undertakings, and the role that…

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Tags: regulatory forum, ADBA events, digestate, biogas, anaerobic digestion, Matt Hindle, Environment Agency, environmental permitting, BREF, COMAH, landspreading, IED, permitting, Defra, apha, HSE, health and safety, food waste, crop operators, food waste operators, European Commission

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Future of permitting: update on the BREF process

The Environment Agency have contacted operators who have agreed to take part in data collection for the waste treatment BREF process this week, to clarify final pieces of information. The BREF (Best available treatment REFerence document) will be used as a basis for future environmental permitting regulations once implemented, so…

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Tags: EA, permitting, anaerobic digestion, biogas, environmental permitting, regulation, Environment Agency, Matt Hindle, AD, ADBA events, food waste operators

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ADBA R&D Forum to take the AD industry to the next level

We’ve now finalised our programme for the ADBA R&D Forum 2015. We are organising this Forum because we believe in pushing the industry, and those who work in it, to improve performance and maximise our use of the bioresources available. This way we can be more profitable…

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Tags: R&D, ADBA events, digestate, biomass sustainability criteria, bioresources, AD R&D, research and development, anaerobic digestion

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WRAP publish digestate research update and video

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The latest edition of WRAP's DC-Agri project bulletin is now available here. This bulletin quantifies a number of the benefits of compost use, and also links to a short video for farmers and agronomists on how to use digestate as a renewable fertiliser, which is available directly here:…

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Tags: Wrap, digestate, R&D, ADBA R&D Forum, Matt Hindle, ADBA events

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£5m innovation funding to AD, SuperGEN Bioenergy Hub

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Innovation funding We've been given some data detailing how researchers and companies in the AD sector have received nearly £5m in the last three years on innovation projects, solely from Government innovation funding (i.e. not including all research or WRAP innovation funding).  This includes funding to…

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Tags: R&D, Ollie More, ADBA events

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Lots happening on ADBA Research and Development (R&D)

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Our new website now contains an R&D page in the library section which details all the latest R&D funding opportunities potentially available to the sector, as well as a database of academics and their areas of expertise we are developing and links to news items and…

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Tags: R&D, ADBA events, research and development, R&D forum, R&D Hub

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ADBA conference calls for more focus on nutrient recycling

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Speakers in the main debate at the ADBA National Conference today [3 Dec] on ‘Can we afford not to recycle nutrients and organic matter?’ pushed the government to increase focus on the wider benefits of AD alongside energy generation. Chairing the debate Tony Juniper said: &ldquo…

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Tags: ADBA events, ADBA National Conference, Alan Knight, Circular Economy, Michael Chesshire, nutrient recycling, Patrick Holden, Rembrandt Koppelaar, Tony Juniper

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Growth will be green and UK should lead - Huhne

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Speaking at the ADBA National Conference in Westminster today [3 Dec], former Secretary of State for Energy Chris Huhne told delegates: Let’s knock on the head the idea that the UK is going further or faster than our European neighbours on renewables - this is simply…

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Tags: ADBA events, Charlotte Morton, Chrus Huhne, green growth, National Conference

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Call for papers to UK AD & Biogas 2013

UK AD & Biogas 2013, the largest anaerobic digestion and biogas specific trade show in the UK, offers a free to attend two day conference and 22 free seminars and workshops on 3-4 July at the NEC, Birmingham. If you would like the opportunity to speak in either the conference or one…

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Tags: ADBA events, UK AD & Biogas

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Entries are now open to the UK AD & Biogas Industry Awards 2013

Entries are now open for our second UK AD & Biogas Industry Awards so if your business has achieved remarkable success in AD and biogas in 2012 then make sure to submit your entry now. Free to enter, our awards will recognise achievement and innovation from across the industry in 11 categories…

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Tags: ADBA events, ADBA news, UK AD & Biogas, UK AD & Biogas Industry Awards

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Government should prioritise low-risk green gas

Reacting to the government’s decision to give the green light to Cuadrilla to explore shale gas in Lancashire, Charlotte Morton, ADBA chief executive, said: It is criminal that the debate about unconventional gas risks excludes the best source we have: biogas from anaerobic digestion.   Upgraded to biomethane…

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Tags: ADBA events, ADBA National Conference 2012, Charlotte Morton, green gas, Jonathon Porritt, National Conference, Steve Wallace

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Speakers agree on urgency of climate measures

The resounding call from speakers in the opening session of today’s [12 Dec] ADBA National Conference is that the UK and the world need to act faster on climate change measures both to protect the future of our planet and ensure economic growth. Jonathon Porritt, Forum for the Future,…

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Tags: ADBA events, ADBA National Conference 2012, Charlotte Morton, Jonathon Porritt, National Conference, Prof Sir Brian Hoskins, Steve Wallace

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AD - scaling up

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Meeting today [12 Dec] at the ADBA National Conference the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry is celebrating growing 441% in the last three years and looking forward to a further 800% growth, cementing its role as a key technology in delivering the UK’s future food and energy security. Charlotte…

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Tags: ADBA events, ADBA National Conference 2012, Charlotte Morton, green growth, National Conference

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Meet Professor Sir Brian Hoskins

In advance of Wednesday’s  ADBA National Conference 2012 we spoke to Professor Sir Brian Hoskins to find out a bit more about him, why he became interested in climate change, and his thoughts on the part that anaerobic digestion could play for a sneak preview of his conference session ‘The…

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Tags: ADBA events, ADBA National Conference 2012, National Conference, Prof Sir Brian Hoskins, speaker interview

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ADBA says dash for green gas first

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Reacting to George Osborne’s announcement today [5 Dec] on the future of gas strategy Charlotte Morton, ADBA, chief executive said: The future of the UK’s gas supply is rightly one of the hot topics of the Autumn Statement. However, green gas needs to be…

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Tags: ADBA events, biomethane, Charlotte Morton, gas strategy, green gas, green growth, Osborne

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