Foreword
In order to promote to uptake of renewable
energy, incentives are required to stimulate the preferred markets and support
additional costs incurred by early adopters or developers of certain high
efficiency technologies. In general, these come from government in the form of
tariffs and subsidies. For bioenergy, one of the main incentives here in the UK
was the Feed-In Tariff or FIT. Under this scheme, generators would receive
financial support dependent on how much electricity was generated and extra if
it was “fed in” to the National Grid. Unfortunately, the FIT scheme closed to
new applications at the end of March, so no longer offers support. This has
left developers in difficulty, as without any financial incentive or public
support, more complex technologies like AD still don’t offer acceptable returns. We reported last month on the consultation on
“The future for small-scale low-carbon generation” which is a market-based
support mechanism. However, the AD industry has not reacted positively to these
proposals, and have made calls this month for Government to introduce.........
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- REA releases first instalment of bioenergy
strategy
- Calls for small-scale CfD scheme to replace
UK's FIT
- Frustrating delays to Irish renewable heat
support scheme
- Positive outlook for bioenergy despite
policy hurdles?
Markets
- Renewable energy offered as standard in UK
- UK's Energy Statistics for 2018 published
- Bioenergy employment in the US
Research & Development
- National grid research predicts
"zero-carbon" grid by 2025
- Drax research warns UK may miss
decarbonisation targets
- Power sector leads UK decarbonisation
- Government-backed Carbon Capture advisory
group
- Italian and Indonesian oil companies to
cooperate on bioenergy
Biomass Heat and Power
- Another UK coal plant closes a unit
- Lawsuit aims to remove biomass support from
RED II
Biogas
- AD plant powering Aberdeen venue goes live
- UK's largest wood gasification plant begins
operation
- Bio-isobutene gas provided to French winery
- New contractor appointed for Hull
gasification plant
- Finance for Kent AD plant
Events
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