UK government proposal 'could' signal death knell for new AD plants

摘要

The UK government has proposed cuts to incentives for new anaerobic digestion (AD) plants from January 2017. The Renewable Energy Association (REA), a UK-based trade body, said this measure is likely to end many new AD projects planned in the UK. The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) plans to cut the feed-in tariffs (FiT) for large plants over 500kW by 100% and reduce those for smaller facilities by 27%, compared with current rates. The proposed rates for small and medium scale plants are 46% and 35% lower, respectively, than the minimum viable levels recommended by the REA in the 2015 tariff review.