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Update: ADBA and REA survey on treating surplus organic waste generated by Covid-19 lockdown

Following ADBA's work with regulators, government, industry and each nations National Farmers Union we have compiled data from nearly 60 plants regarding spare capacity, which has been mapped out and sent to industry and regulators alongside ADBA and REA contact details. The data map and ADBA and REA contact details…

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Tags: sam hinton, Defra, Environment Agency, NFU, nfu cymru, nfus, capacity, Survey, c19, feedstock

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ADBA calls on PM to commit to biogas as he vows to tackle climate change ahead of COP26

ADBA calls on PM to commit to biogas as he vows to tackle climate change ahead of COP26 UK anaerobic digestion (AD) trade association highlights the contribution the AD and biogas industry can make in achieving the UK Net Zero target AD could reduce UK greenhouse gases emissions by 5% by 2030 …

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, cop26, Charlotte Morton, unfccc, NFU, CCC

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NFU and LGA to provide keynote speeches at ADBA National Conference in December

NFU and LGA to provide keynote speeches at ADBA National Conference in December Stuart Roberts, Vice-President, National Farmers Union, will discuss achieving net zero in agriculture Cllr David Renard, Chair of Economy, Environment, Housing and Transport Board,  Local Government Association, on their views on the implementation of separate food…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, Charlotte Morton, ADBA National Conference, NFU, lga

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The Rural Community Energy Fund has re-opened, and has moved Department

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The Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) is a £10 million programme which supports rural communities in England to develop renewable energy projects. Anaerobic Digestion has a huge potential to provide energy security to communities, with clean energy supplied by nature. AD projects can deliver significant economic and social benefits to…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, Defra, beis, digestate, R&D, UK AD & Biogas, biomethane, biogas, renewable financial incentives, Rural Community Renewable Energy Fund, rural economy, agricultural, farm AD, farm income, Community AD, funding, funding opportunity, rebecca thompson, agriculture policy, net zero, NFU, community energy england, england, manure management, manure treatment

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Operators - register your interest in a free operator workshop

On 14th May, ADBA will be teaming up with the Environment Agency and National Farmers Union to hold a free workshop for AD operators. While the day is open to all operators, we are particularly targeting the day towards operators of smaller plants and agricultural or crop-fed plants. The workshop…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, NFU, EA, crop operators, agricultural operators, food waste operators

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UK AD & Biogas and World Biogas Expo to discuss future of UK farming

The contribution that anaerobic digestion (AD) can make to supporting UK farmers post-CAP will be a central theme of UK AD & Biogas and World Biogas Expo, the leading global tradeshow for AD and biogas taking place at the NEC in Birmingham on 5-6 July. The show, now in…

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Tags: uk ad & biogas and world biogas expo 2017, farming, anaerobic digestion, brexit, CAP, ad & biogas industry awards, best practice scheme, NFU

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Therese Coffey MP welcomes ADBA work on food waste recycling

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Towards the end of last year ADBA joined the CLA, NFU and REA in a joint letter to Dr Therese Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities. In our letter we requested a meeting to highlight the benefits of AD and to gain…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, food waste, food waste operators, crop operators, CLA, NFU, REA, dr therese coffey, Defra, on farm ad, future of on farm ad, common agricultural policy cap, thom koller

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Reminder - How can AD help Welsh agriculture?

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Back in June I blogged about a set of proposals that have been developed jointly between the Welsh Government, FUW, NFU Cymru, CLA Wales and other key stakeholders. The consultation is coming to a close in the next few weeks and we are in need of member’s opinions…

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Tags: Welsh Government, fuw, NFU, nfu cymru, CLA, cla wales, Wales, consultation, anaerobic digestion, digestate, agriculture, biogas, farm, farm AD, on-farm AD, will bushby

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ADBA’s Board strengthened to support AD surge

UK AD & Biogas 2015 will demonstrate that it’s time to step on the gas with anaerobic digestion (AD) – and industry trade body ADBA has added two new board members to do just that. The Association is aiming to strengthen its leadership across all of the sectors which…

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Tags: press release, ADBA board, farming, sewage, water sector, maxine mayhew, northumbrian water, george gittus, NFU, symonds farm power ltd, on-farm AD, greenhouse gas emissions, bioeconomy, sludge, biomethane, Reading Buses, bus hound, innovation, Derek Sivyer

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How can AD help Welsh agriculture?

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The Welsh Government has put forward a set of proposals that have been developed jointly between the Welsh Government, FUW, NFU Cymru, CLA Wales and other key stakeholders. The strategic framework sets out the challenges and threats facing the agriculture sector in Wales, but also highlights the opportunities, and importantly,…

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Tags: Welsh Government, fuw, NFU, nfu cymru, CLA, cla wales, Wales, consultation, anaerobic digestion, digestate, agriculture, biogas, farm, farm AD, on-farm AD

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Shortlist announced for the UK AD & Biogas Industry Awards 2015

Announcing the shortlist for the anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas industry’s fourth annual awards, ADBA Chief Executive Charlotte Morton said: An exceptional pace of innovation and entrepreneurship has enabled the industry to flourish through 622 per cent growth over the past five years, and helped scale the industry up…

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Tags: uk ad & biogas 2015, uk ad & biogas industry awards 2015, Charlotte Morton, Charlotte Smith, jonathan scurlock, NFU, nigel horan, sorp, aqua enviro ltd, Awards, shortlist, Agraferm, reynier funke, nijhuis-h2ok, brian scheffe, Edina, sarah farr, Derek Sivyer

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ADBA’s response submitted to EA consultation: digestate storage & NFU landspreading waste checklist

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We have now submitted our response to the EA's Standard Rules Consultation No.14 on landspreading and digestate storage. The EA are reviewing the standard permits available for landspreading operations including for digestate. The consultation asked for views on whether they had correctly identified the risks associated with landspreading and…

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Tags: EA, consultation, land spreading, digestate, Environment Agency, will bushby, NFU, standard rules, anaerobic digestion

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DECC announce January tariff review to tackle small-scale FIT degression

In very welcome news, DECC minister Greg Barker MP has informed us that they intend to launch a consultation in January to address Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) degression for small scale AD, which will include a tariff review. This is a huge step in the right direction, and addresses the key industry…

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Tags: CLA, DECC, degression, Feed-in-Tariff, FIT, Greg Barker, NFU, RASE, REA, small scale AD

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ADBA welcomes DECC action to 'save' smaller scale AD

ADBA PRESS RELEASE Minister of State Greg Barker MP has confirmed that DECC will be consulting on ‘measures, including a tariff review, in January’ to ensure that the small-scale AD sector is not ‘unfairly disadvantaged’ by the anticipated degression of FIT for sub 500 kW AD plants…

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Tags: CLA, DECC, degression, FIT, Greg Barker, NFU, NNFCC, RASE, REA

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Q&A with Dr Jonathan Scurlock, NFU

Ahead of UK AD & Biogas 2013 (3-4 July, NEC Birmingham), we asked conference speaker Dr Jonathan Scurlock, National Farmers Union (NFU) about what he is working on and what he is trying to achieve in the next three years:What are you working on at the moment that you’re…

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Tags: NFU, on-farm, UK AD & Biogas 2013

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