The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has launched a new consultation on the proposed closure of the Feed-In Tariffs (FITs) Scheme, the Government’s subsidy scheme for generation of renewable electricity from small-scale low-carbon installations – which could see an uncertain future for small scale schemes including hydro and Anaerobic Digestion, without ongoing Government support.

The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) is calling on the Government to put forward a new policy on support for AD on farms and using wastes following its decision yesterday to continue limiting anaerobic digestion deployment in the Feed-in Tariff.

A new consultation on the future level of support via the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme for anaerobic digestion (AD) or micro-combined heat and power (mCHP), technologies includes a proposal to remove the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for anaerobic digestion installations of between 500kW and 5 MW.

The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association has expressed its relief that the Department for Energy and Climate Change has listened to industry on their planned reforms to the feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme.

The Government has this morning announced the start of the first review of the Feed in Tariffs (FITs) scheme for small scale low carbon electricity generation. As part of the review, the Government will undertake a short study into the take-up of FITs for farm based Anaerobic Digestion plants.