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Three research projects on seaweed/macroalgae for AD

A research paper has just been published on using seaweed for biofuels, including for biomethane production. Professor Jerry D Murphy of University College Cork and others conducted the research "to assess the effect of ensiling of seaweed (5 species) on  biomethane production." The results can be found here. Much…

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Tags: R&D, r&d dissemination, Ollie More, innovate uk, seaweed, macroalgae, research

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Ofgem sustainability criteria biomethane potential tool

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Ofgem have provided us with a table of biogas yields that can potentially be used as part of the calculation for sustianability criteria measurement. See here.  Under the sustainability criteria it is often necessary to apportion the amount of biogas that is produced from one feedstock compared to other…

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Tags: Ollie More, Ofgem, biomethane, RHI, sustainability criteria, biomass sustainability criteria, crop operators

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New European Commission research on phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge

The European Union's research and innovation unit are conducting research on 10 new technologies that can extract phosphorus from sewage sludge. Currently only 2,000-3,000 tonnes of struvite (a phosphorus-rich mineral) are produced in the EU each year, while sewage sludge contains the potential to supply 20% of the EU's phosphorus…

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Tags: r&d dissemination, Ollie More, phosphate, phosphorous, phosphorus, R&D

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RHI degression update - future tariff reductions not clear

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DECC have released data on the RHI degression mechanism. We have put together the attached update for members.

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Tags: DECC, Ollie More, anaerobic digestion, biomethane to grid, renewable financial incentives, biomethane, RHI

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National Grid query to ADBA: how reliable is AD?

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We've been in discussion with National Grid about demonstrating the role that AD can play in supporting the electricity grid. As part of this, they are interested to find out more about the generation profiles/ load factors are for a number of technologies including AD.  Being a…

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Tags: national grid, baseload, grid connection, anaerobic digestion, Ollie More

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National Grid acknowledges AD 40 TWh potential figure

AD potential   In its Future Energy Scenarios planning document published today the National Grid uses ADBA’s figure of 40 TWh as the potential for biomethane. They say 4 billion cubic metres of biomethane could be produced. This equates to 40 TWh - the figure ADBA have been using for some…

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Tags: national grid, Ollie More, power-to-gas

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DEFRA focus on UK exports from waste management industry

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As I outlined in March, DEFRA have been collecting evidence on the value to the UK economy of the waste sector. In simple terms, they have been considering whether the UK economy benefits from measures that move us higher up the waste hierarchy.  As outlined in our market report…

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Tags: Defra, Ollie More, anaerobic digestion, food waste

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Telegraph reports DECC overspend - could mean FITs cut

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The Telegraph has today (Monday) reported that DECC officials have told them that the Department will overspend its renewable electricity subsidy budget (paid for through consumer electricity bills) by £1.5 bn by 2020. DECC had forecast spending of £7.5 bn per year in 2020, but officials have reportedly privately told the Telegraph…

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Tags: DECC, Ollie More, Feed-in-Tariff, renewable financial incentives, anaerobic digestion, biogas, feed-in tariffs, feed in tariff, FIT

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£1m funding per project available from Agri-Tech Catalyst

Innovate UK have announced the latest round of funding available to innovation projects in the agricultural sector as part of the Agri-Tech catalyst. Projects in the following funding categories may be eligible for funding: Primary crop and livestock production, including aquaculture Non-food uses of crops including ornamentals Food security…

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Tags: R&D, Ollie More, Agri Tech, crop operators, biogas, anaerobic digestion, r&d funding

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DECC Feed-in Tariff review – cost data

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This year DECC will be undertaking a comprehensive review of the Feed-in Tariff. This includes collecting data on the cost of the data technology to calculate whether the tariff is justified.  We have been collecting cost data from a variety of sources. The best of this data is directly…

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Tags: DECC, Ollie More, Feed-in-Tariff, FIT, cost data, degression, FIT degression, feed-in tariffs, feed in tariff

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Anaerobic Digestion and the water sector

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ADBA's Chief Executive, Charlotte Morton, wrote the following editorial in Issue two of Water & Sewerage's 2015 magazine Anaerobic digestion is well known – and well established – in the UK’s wastewater treatment sector. But that doesn’t mean the sector has stopped developing: the drive…

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Tags: adba editorial, water and sewerage, water sector, wastewater, sewage, Renewables Obligation, uk ad & biogas 2015, DUKES, sludge, advanced anaerobic digestion, aad, thermal hydrolysis, enzymatic hydrolysis, pre-treatment, thames water, peter winter, Mohammed Saddiq, GENeco, bio-bus, biomethane, vehicles, air quality, R&D, university of bath, operational performance, digestate, phosphorous, biofertiliser, Derek Sivyer, Ollie More

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Can the R&D Hub help your business cope with a falling FIT? Access free academic support for SMEs

As Ofgem's FITs tariff tables show, the Feed-in Tariff is now 9.4 pence/ kWhe for 250-500 kWe plants. We already know it  will fall 10% on 1 October and a further ~10% on 1 April 2016, unless we can pursuade Government to make changes to the tariffs and degression mechanism in the review later…

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Tags: FIT, DECC, R&D, digestate, R&D Hub, Ollie More, biogas, anaerobic digestion

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Biomethane to Grid Working Group Summary

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ADBA's Biomethane to Grid Working Group met in London on 8 June. With work underway towards the new government's spending review, the future of the RHI topped the agenda this meeting. We started by discussing the upcoming 5% biomethane degression and moved onto a paper that ADBA is developing on…

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Tags: biomethane to grid working group, biomethane to grid, Ofgem, gas distribution network, RHI, spending review, RHI degression, biomethane, biomethane in transport, biomethane injection, DfT, DECC, sustainability criteria, ENA, will bushby, Matt Hindle, Ollie More, consultation

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Reduce costs, improve biogas yields, transform digestate: the R&D Hub has all the answers

This year's UK AD & Biogas will include an R&DHub for those keen to share ideas about how the AD sector can reduce capital and operating costs, improve biogas yields and transform the economics of the sector. We've selected the best researchers to tell us how…

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Tags: R&D, R&D Hub, trade show, Ollie More

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Members meeting discusses FIT, RHI, Sustainability, Grid Connections & Political Landscape

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ADBA members gathered at the Grand Connaught Rooms in central London on Tuesday for our Members’ Meeting sponsored by Matchtech, with a number of important subjects on the agenda. We are currently awaiting permission to share the presentations, once we have received this we will publish them online, however,…

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Tags: will bushby, ADBA members, members' meeting, membership, anaerobic digestion, policy report, DECC, DfT, DCLG, BIS, Feed-in-Tariff, RHI, sustainability criteria, food waste, food waste operators, crop operators, Ofgem, grid connection, biomethane, biomethane in transport, Chris Huhne, Matt Hindle, Ollie More, Charlotte Morton

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