Foreword
With so much of the bioenergy
generation in the UK coming from small-scale projects and so much potential
remaining, it is paramount that financial support exists to enable their
development to continue. While larger operations like Drax’s biomass burning
units have scale on their side to keep operating costs manageable, smaller
units, like most biogas plants, do not have this luxury. For years, the primary
system supporting these projects was the Feed-In Tariff (FIT), which was closed
to new applicants earlier this year. Under the FIT scheme, generators received
financial compensation of various levels, dependent on their scale, for
renewable electricity generated and fed into the grid. In the absence of the
FIT scheme small-scale generators were left without appropriate financial
support. It is good news, then, that BEIS have announced
a new scheme to provide support for this type and scale of generation. The new
scheme, named.........
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- UK meets second carbon budget target
- New UK scheme to financially support
small-scale renewables
- Commissioning deadline extended for RHI
plants
- Second part of industry bioenergy strategy
released
- Ireland launches climate action plan
Markets
- Coal usage continues to decline in UK
- Norway turns back on fossil fuel investments
- Another record year for UK renewables
- Foresight acquires more renewable energy
assets
Research & Development
- Utilising bacteria for energy storage
- Captured Drax gases to make animal feed
protein
- Industry partnership to establish hydrogen
economy in Humber region
Biomass Heat and Power
- Biomass power up over 5% of UK's supply
Biogas
- Biogas plant for Wensleydale creamery
- Agreement to develop US biomass gasification
plants
- Funding for north-east England biogas plant
Energy from Waste
- More Waste-to-Energy capacity needed to meet
targets
- Land slated for Waste-to-Energy plant
purchased
Events
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