Trade group the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has called for the UK government to “urgently” confirm a timetable for including biomethane in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme in order to unlock investment.
So far the government has given no commitment to sorting out the anomaly in the UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme, which today treats biogas like fossil gas.
It follows Ed Miliband, the Energy Security and Net Zero secretary, backing biomethane as a “practical and cost-effective” means to achieve Net Zero – itself a response to an open letter from ADBA signed by more than 100 biogas organisations.
ADBA Chair Chris Huhne said he was “mystified” that the government was being so slow to address the situation.
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