Foresight’s financial results show impact of electricity generator levy
While fund has made “significant progress” on its strategic growth targets the levy has reduced the value of its portfolio
Policy & Regulation
News and analysis on government policies and regulations impacting on the energy-from-waste, anaerobic digestion and biomass energy sectors.
UK confirms ‘electricity generator levy’ on power-producing facilities
New tax starts in January and is forecast to raise about £14.2bn up until 2028 from generators including biomass and waste-fired facilities generating over 100GWh a year
Welsh landfilling increases for first time since 2017/18 figures
New figures issued just over a year after Wales ruled it did not need further energy recovery capacity
UK seeks to make DCO process ‘50% faster’
Any waste or biomass-processing facility with a capacity of more than 50MWe must be signed off the by the government
Just eight TFS waste-shipments repatriated since 2015
Figures from the Environment Agency, released through a freedom of information request, indicate that headlines about illegal exports have related to ‘green list waste’, against which tighter regulations are needed
