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from food waste and 26% from crops.
"Clearly food waste policy, or waste
collection, is critical to us extracting that
feedstock and making it available for AD
operators to convert to biomethane,"
she said.
Highlighting the barriers to delivering
biomethane for transport, Morton cited
financial incentives as one of the biggest
issues to resolve. She said that, because
of the way that incentives worked,
most of the UK's AD plants were
generating electricity and heat. "If we
want to increase biomethane directly
into transport rather than the grid,
there needs to be an adjustment both of
the level of the renewable transport fuel
obligation and the energy equivalents
between biodiesel and biomethane,"
she said.
Transport minister Norman Baker said
that the high upfront cost for refuelling
infrastructure was a significant barrier to
the wider uptake of gas vehicles, and that
existing infrastructure for natural gas
and biomethane was relatively sparse.
However,
he
highlighted
the
Government's plans to provide
support for the sector through the
Green Investment Bank, which
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included funding for a £21bn anaerobic
digestion
plant
in
Dagenham.
"We recognise the potential for growth
in biomethane in transport and that
using waste to make fuels is a winwin, offering both carbon savings and
avoiding the risk of indirect land use
change which is an issue with some
crop-based biofuels," he said.
Home Improvement
DIY sector surpasses
waste-to-landfill target
by 33%
Home improvement retailers, including
Homebase, Wickes and B&Q, have
helped the UK's DIY sector achieve an
83% reduction in the amount of waste
sent to landfill, against a target of 50%.
Achieving this milestone, the
businesses signed up to WRAP's Home
Improvement Sector Commitment
(HISC) represent almost half of the
UK's home improvement retail sales.
£200,000
Level of fine imposed on
Southern Water for Margate
sewage spill
Amount of carbon Google
has calculated it emits per
day, per average user
1,500
TWh
g
Energy used annually to
power the world's information
communications technologies
driven in part by increased
smartphone usage
1/3
Proportion of global energy needs
that could be transmitted to earth as
microwaves by NASA solar satellite
