Foreword
The recent hot and dry
weather in the UK (I won’t say “good” weather, as there are some who would
disagree!), has obviously been excellent for solar generation, but not so good
for wind (we reported last month that the calm conditions saw bioenergy’s
renewables contribution increase as wind’s decreased). Obviously, the key
advantage of bioenergy over other renewables is its ability to generate
regardless of conditions, and this will continue until energy storage
technology becomes more available and viable. With this in mind, there is an
interesting announcement from Ofgem this month: they have published guidance
relating to energy storage use in the Renewables Obligation and Feed-In Tariff
schemes. Ostensibly, these schemes exist to incentivise and reward generation,
and contribution to the grid. However, there is no explicit clause in either scheme
forbidding the installation of storage technology at accredited sites.........
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- UK Government launches FiT consultation
- Ofgem publishes guidance for energy storage
under renewable schemes
- California calls for biomass to be included
in Renewable Fuel Standard
Markets
- Bioenergy contributes 20% of UK renewables
in Q2
- Renewables beginning to shake European
energy market
- Short term forecast suggests slight drop in
US biomass, but increase in EfW
- New Hampshire biomass plants stop generating
after support withdrawal
- Centrica acquires 50% stake in Barrow Green
Gas
Research & Development
- Modelling future bioenergy and carbon
capture
- Energy professionals uncertain about UK
reaching future carbon targets
- Multi-million investment in Irish bioenergy
development
Biomass Heat and Power
- US biomass capacity up 50MW
- Cardiff set for biomass-powered business
park
- 60MW cocoa biomass plant for Cote d'Ivoire
- Waitrose to sell miscanthus BBQ briquettes
Biogas
- "Vegan" electricity
- Foresight Group acquires five more AD plants
Energy from Waste
- EfW plant boosts local economy
- Constructors make losses on Energy from
Waste plants
Events
ROC Prices