Foreword
In the maelstrom of anticipation
(and controversy) surrounding the recent publication of the European Union’s
Revised Renewable Energy Directive, it has at times felt easy to forget that
the original Renewable Energy Directive is still running its course, and EU
member states are still bound by its targets. The original Directive set a
legally binding EU-level target of 20% of the bloc’s energy being renewable by
2020. Part of the justification for the Revised Directive was the Union as a
whole being on track to meet this target, but some member states have fallen
behind, with the slack being picked up elsewhere. One such member state is the Republic of
Ireland, whose individual national target for renewable energy consumption by
2020 was 16%. A recent report by The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
has revealed that in 2017, Ireland’s renewable energy consumption was only
10.6%, some way behind their target. Of course, Ireland still.........
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- Ireland set to fail to reach renewable
energy targets
- UK consults on supplier-led support for
small-scale renewables generation
- Lobbyists push for France to shut down coal
plants, rather than convert to biomass
Markets
- Funding for Kent AD plant
- Ecoprog analyses global biomass power market
Research & Development
- UK's low-carbon future after record-low
emissions in 2018
- Electricity from Ghanaian cocoa pods
Biomass Heat and Power
- Drax up to 75% generation from biomass
- South Yorkshire biomass plant commences
operations
- Finance secured for 75MW Japanese biomass
power plant
- Biomass boiler for German soda ash plant
Biogas
- Deal signed for UK's first BioSNG plant
- Bright Biomethane's first biogas upgrade
plant in Scotland
- Hull gasification plant loses contractor
Energy from Waste
- Scottish councils unite to ratify Aberdeen
Energy from Waste plant
- Kellingley Colliery Energy Centre moves
forward
Events
ROC Prices