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
Green groups raise red flag over Estonia’s renewable subsidies plan
Estonian environmentalists have complained to the European Commission that plans to support biomass power breach state aid rules
Waste Shipment Regulation needs reform to tackle abuse, says ESWET
Exports outside the EU “have pushed the waste issue out of sight”, according to the European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology
UK government offers lifeline to biofuel-producing facilities
Concerns raised over “recent increases in the cost of biofuels” compared with fossil fuels mean suppliers could increasingly opt to “buy out” of renewable fuels
Veolia claims ‘significant carbon reductions’ by treating clinical waste through EfW
UK: Company argues the case for EfW to dispose of more than 61,000t/yr of orange-bagged clinical and infectious waste
How can the waste sector help the UK accelerate towards net zero?
David Cullen, programme director for the North London Heat and Power Project, considers a new report from Policy Connect about the waste sector’s role in achieving ‘net zero’
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Environmental Consultant Contaminated Land Environmental Consultant Contaminated Land Via East Midlands Ltd West Bridgford, Nottingham
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Senior Landscape Architect Senior Landscape Architect Environment Agency Exeter, Devon
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Environmental Project Manager Environmental Project Manager Environment Agency Worthing, West Sussex
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Environmental Project Manager Environmental Project Manager Environment Agency Exeter , Leeds , Solihull , Warrington , Welwyn Garden City
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Senior Environmental Scientist Senior Environmental Scientist Canal & River Trust Wigan, Ellesmere Port or Stoke-on-Trent
German biogas capacity at ‘tipping point’ despite production record
Sector’s total capacity topped 5,000MWe for the first time in 2019, but faces being “dismantled” as up to 250 facilities could be mothballed this year
Hopes grow that controversial Dutch-waste import tax will be scrapped
Netherlands-based EfW plants are sharing the cost of imports as opportunities still exist for exporting to the country, which faces pressure to drop the tax
CBI backs calls for all EfW plants to utilise heat
UK: Report follows think tank’s call last week, which was backed by the UK’s environment minister
Increased investment in bioLPG as overall market grows – report
UK: LPG industry bucks the trend and expects growth despite Covid-19 and Brexit, with £600m expected to be invested over next five years
Norway’s €2.1bn for CCS project signed off
Project is the largest-ever state aid award approved by the ESA
