We're extremely privileged to have been covered in The Times newspaper and its online journal, with coverage talking of our plans to provide consistent, base load power while resolving some of the challenges faced by local authorities and the private sector due to new regulations in the UK.

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Fleet Of UK Urban Anaerobic Digestion Plants To Turn Organic Waste Into Green Gas For Up To 80,000 Homes

New food waste regulations made under the Environment Act 2021 are due to come into force this year, requiring businesses in England and Wales to segregate food waste, so that it can be recycled rather than go to landfill.

The Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) provides tariff-based support for biomethane produced using anaerobic digestion (AD) and injected into the gas grid, as a direct replacement for natural gas. The scheme opened for applications on 30 November 2021 and at present runs to 30 November 2025.

In March 2021, UK Government committed to a mid-scheme review of the GGSS to consider the effectiveness of the scheme and review several areas for potential amendments. In this consultation, we’re seeking views on our proposals for policy amendments as part of the mid-scheme review, and aim to implement any amendments during the 2023-2024 financial year.

The government response to our Green Gas Support Scheme mid-scheme review consultation summarises the responses received and sets out our final policy decisions.

Government Review and are making the following changes:

• extending the GGSS to 31 March 2028 to provide sufficient time for prospective applicants to commission on the scheme before it closes. This follows feedback on the challenges faced by industry in securing waste feedstocks and supply chain delays affecting deployment

• introducing an exemption for heat supplied by eligible heat pumps to stop it being deducted as part of eligible biomethane calculations in the same way that fossil fuel heat sources are. Scheme participants using an eligible heat pump may receive increased eligible biomethane tariff payments as a result

We have made the following decisions across the remaining areas:

• we will maintain the current waste feedstock threshold. We expect an increase in waste feedstock availability following the forthcoming changes to municipal food waste collections in England. The increase in availability of waste feedstocks could support applicants utilising more than 50% waste feedstocks but mandating a higher threshold at this time may limit deployment under the scheme

• we will maintain requirements for managing digestate under the GGSS, given the lack of current evidence to inform implementing additional requirements

• we will maintain the current eligibility criteria for the GGSS and not allow CHP conversions under the scheme. This is because we did not receive sufficient or compelling evidence to demonstrate this would deliver value for money. However, we will consider the role of CHPs as part of a future biomethane policy framework

• we will take steps across government to develop our understanding of monitoring and mitigation practices to reduce methane emissions in the production of biomethane

• we will not amend tariff guarantee and commissioning window deadlines, given the broader extension to the scheme