From coverage and regulation to innovation, operations and world markets, this 12 months’s ADBA Nationwide Convention in London on 10 December will maintain the important discussions required to advance the UK’s biogas and biomethane sector and speed up the transition to internet zero, in line with organizer the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Affiliation (ADBA).
Organised beneath the theme Biogas: delivering sustainable progress, vitality safety and a round financial system, the convention will present the most recent trade insights, discover coverage alternatives for biomethane, evaluation the subsequent technology of vitamins methods and have a look at native and world demand. Break-out periods may even put the highlight on environmental, monetary and expertise facets of the sector in addition to extra particular matters equivalent to meals waste collections, small-scale AD and Feed-In-Tariffs. This 12 months’s programme has been developed by a Content material Steering Committee consisting of main UK specialists and trade representatives, whose information and expertise guarantee it’s each vital for the sector’s future and helpful for day-to-day apply.
Happening quickly after Lord Whitehead’s Greenhouse Gasoline Removals (GGRs) evaluation which highlights the worth of biogas in attaining the UK’s internet zero targets, the convention may even see the launch of ADBA’s newest report exploring how aligning biomethane manufacturing with GGRs can ship a fair larger net-zero dividend for the UK financial system and the for the AD sector. We’ll be delighted to welcome Lord Whitehead (pictured) as our keynote speaker opening the proceedings.
The convention can be chaired by former Power and Local weather Change Secretary Chris Huhne, now Chair of ADBA. Confirmed audio system alongside Lord Whitehead and the ADBA senior administration and coverage staff embrace:
- Toby Perkins MP, chair of the Environmental Audit Committee
- Wera Hobhouse MP, Liberal Democrats
- Graham Leadbitter MP, SNP
- Ilkem Yildiz, International Utilities, Power and Decarbonisation Lead, Unilever
Dr Jonathan Scurlock, Chief Adviser Renewable Power and Local weather Change, NFU - James Earl, Chief Govt, Future Power Community
- David McKee, Interim CEO, Bio Capital
- Dr Tom Arnot, Senior Lecturer and Director, Water Innovation and Analysis Consortium, College of Bathtub
- Mark Richmond, Chair, ADBA Meals Waste Working Group and Technical Director, WRM
- Cathy Prepare dinner, Chair, Larac and Senior Advisor, ReFood
- Charles McAllister, Director, Inexperienced Gasoline Taskforce
- Lucy Hopwood, Enterprise Improvement Lead & Principal Marketing consultant, Alder BioInsights
- Dr Nick Primmer, Coverage Lead, Future Biogas
View the total programme.
