Foreword
As spring is in the air,
here in the UK that means it is Budget time. Unfortunately, the government’s
Budget has been a non-event as far as Bioenergy is concerned, leaving many
members of the industry worried at the lack of certainty surrounding their
sector. Despite the Budget pledging unreserved support for fossil fuels
including North Sea oil and shale gas, no such support was pledged to
renewables of any kind over the same time period, with subsidies being slashed
for solar energy. A decision was due on the future of the Levy Control
Framework, which has previously provided funding to........
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- Hike in landfill
tax
- RHI reforms
receive cold response from Wood Heat Association
- UK's spring
budget ignores bioenergy sector
- UK Government to
reduce embedded benefit for small-scale renewables by 95%
- Ofgem announces
"Regulatory Sandbox" enquiry
Markets
- Shanks Group
changes name to Renewi
Research & Development
- Rika Bioextruder
process straw for AD feedstock
- Puregas
solutions offer reduced Methane Slip
- Online tool to
aid with Food Waste collection
Biomass Heat & Power
- 2016 a good year
for Drax
- Gateshead
District Energy Centre opens
- Electricity
connection between UK and France set for development
Biogas
- Powerhouse
Energy to build gasification plant in North-West England
- Veolia to run
CHP plant for recycling plant
- ReFood to add
one of Europe's largest AD plants
- BP buys Clean
Energy Fuels Corp
Energy from waste
- North London
receives consent for energy recovery facility
- Post-Brexit
waste management plan proposed
- Allerton Waste
Recovery Park a year from completion
Events
- ADBA R&I Forum
- All-Energy
- World Waste to Energy
- EUBCE 2017
- UK AD & Biogas
ROC Prices