Foreword
Over the past year, much of
the bioenergy coverage has focused on the UK’s RHI reforms. The consultation
into reforming the scheme was announced in March 2016, with the government’s
response published in December of that year. It has been a long wait since, but
over the course of this year, the reforms have passed through the various
parliamentary stage and are now finally coming into force. As of this month,
the last of the reforms have finally been implemented. The final round of
reforms are mostly concerned with monitoring the performance of heat pumps at
plants receiving tariffs, as well as a change to the scheme’s degression system,
by which tariff levels decrease if the scheme is oversubscribed. This new
system means that.........
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- UK RHI reforms come into force
- Post-Closure future for UK Feed-in Tariff?
- CfD biomass changes costing consumers,
report finds
- UK 7th most "attractive" nation
for renewables
Markets
- 10 million jobs in renewable energy
- Drop off in UK renewables investment
Research & Development
- Europe's first bioenergy carbon capture and
storage project
- UK opens bioenergy training centre
- IRENA publishes global 2050 roadmap for
energy transformation
- Report finds community engagement increases
renewables uptake
Biomass Heat and Power
- Swedish researchers improve biomass gasification
technology
- Cheshire biomass plant begins generation
- Wood Recyclers Association calls for clarity
on acceptable wood fuel
Biogas
- Mapping US green gas production
Events
ROC Prices