Policy & Regulation
News and analysis on government policies and regulations impacting on the energy-from-waste, anaerobic digestion and biomass energy sectors.
Policy & Regulation News & Analysis
Boosting biogas 'will create 850,000' direct jobs by 2050
Study reveals the direct employments benefits of biogas production, but also shows the industry is “contracting”
Europe's 'Bioenergy Day' arrives two days earlier this year
Europe is still “excessively dependent on fossil-fuels”, according to trade body Bioenergy Europe
Report calls for more bioethanol blending
Introducing E20 across the EU would require a trebling of 2017’s production volumes, according to the report
German EfW plants in ‘precarious’ situation
Many facilities are at the limit of their capacity and imports to Germany should be cut, according to a trade body
New watchdog’s power could ‘delay’ judicial reviews - legal experts
UK: Several EfW plants have been held up by judicial reviews, with the Arc21 facility losing planning consent as a result of one
Maths ‘incomplete’ on Dutch waste-export tax
Netherlands: Government’s claimed CO2 reduction does not reflect “energy yield” of higher calorific value waste imported for recovery, says trade body
‘No clear proof’ China ban has sent plastic to German EfW plants
Factors such a local weather leading to a "slight increase" in net calorific value behind small rise in energy recovery, according to ITAD
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Head of Sustainable Development Head of Sustainable Development Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency Bristol
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Specialist Advisor (Contaminated Land) Specialist Advisor (Contaminated Land) Natural Resources Wales Flexible, Cardiff preferred.
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Senior/Principal Ecologist Senior/Principal Ecologist JSM Associates Gloucestershire/Cotswolds
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Principal EIA Consultant Principal EIA Consultant JSM Associates Central London
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Sustainability Programme & Data Analyst Sustainability Programme & Data Analyst Heathrow Airport Ltd Heathrow, Hounslow
Export bans sending plastic to European EfWs and landfill
Europe lacks the capacity to increase recycling and reuse, according to the EEA
Off-grid consumers need bioLPG to decarbonise
Mixed approach to carbonising off-grid heating could deliver £7bn of savings, according to Liquid Gas UK
UK still reliant on landfill in no-deal Brexit scenario
Domestic energy-recovery capacity would not cope with an influx of waste if export markets are disrupted and DEFRA has no plans to provide sector support in this scenario, a workshop has been told
EA proposes changes to standard rules waste permits
UK: Consultations look at pollution incidents related to the biogas sector and facilities treating certain types of waste
Bioenergy investors need ‘coherent framework’ - trade bodies
Leading trade bodies call for “coherent and consistent legislative framework” as trilogue negotiations on EU Taxonomy regulation start
