NNFCC Briefing: Consultation on comprehensive review of Feed-in Tariffs for anaerobic digestion
This document reviews proposed changes to Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) for anaerobic digestion following the Government's consultation on comprehensive review of the scheme.
| Author | Lucy Hopwood, NNFCC |
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| Published | 20 Feb 2012 |
| Industry | Feedstocks Bioenergy |
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The FITs scheme was introduced in April 2010, to work alongside the Renewables Obligation (RO) and the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). It provides financial support for generation of renewable electricity from a range of technologies, including anaerobic digestion (AD) up to 5 megawatts capacity.
Regular reviews are a key part of the scheme, scheduled to take place every three years. In February 2011 however, the Secretary of State announced the start of the first comprehensive review of FITs a year early in response to expectations that uptake of PV would be faster than predicted.
He also announced a fast-track review of FITs for larger-scale solar-PV (>50kW), concerned that this faster than expected uptake could lead to long term pressure on FITs costs, and for farm-scale AD due to the lack of uptake.
At the end of the first year only three AD installations had registered for FITs offering 1.8MWe of capacity which was somewhat lower than expected.
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