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Scottish Water has started a £16 million project to upgrade the Muirdykes water treatment works, which will benefit more than 84,000 people in parts of Renfrewshire. The upgrade will involve the installation of a new filtration building and process at the facility to reduce the risk of discoloured water in the system. The last upgrade to the site, in 2012, saw equipment flown in by helicopter. 63,000 number of trees being planted by Yorkshire Water as it aims to restore ancient woodland "We have made progress and built a strong foundation…" Outgoing Npower chief executive Paul Massara on the achievements made at the company under his tenure. See Analysis, p26 UTILITY WEEK | 4TH - 10TH SEPTEMBER 2015 | 5 Greg Barker, Anne McIntosh, Lynne Featherstone and Peter Hain (pictured, from top) have been appointed to the House of Lords. Former climate change minister Barker, ex-Efra committee chair McIntosh, Lib Dem energy spokesperson Featherstone, and former Labour frontbencher and supporter of the Severn barrage Hain have all been made peers. The four were among 45 appoint- ments to the Upper Chamber announced last week. PEERS APPOINTED 'No new biogas without RHI' The anaerobic digestion sector is unable to commit to new biogas heat projects until the govern- ment commits to extending the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) beyond April 2016, industry experts have said. The warning comes amid mounting concerns that the government will scrap the RHI. Incoming energy secretary Amber Rudd has signalled a wish to see renewables pay their way. Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association chief executive Charlotte Morton told Utility Week: "The removal of Levy Exemption Certificates in the sum- mer budget, a cut worth £11 mil- lion for the AD industry alone, and to fast-track a four-week consulta- tion on removing pre-accreditation from FIT for electricity projects over the holiday period has alarmed both developers and funders." See renewables feature, p16 GAS The latest government statistics on the Energy Company Obligation (Eco) have revealed that energy suppliers have already reached almost 97 per cent completion of one of their Eco2 targets, 19 months ahead of the obligation period deadline of March 2017. The Carbon Saving Community Obligation – Rural (CSCO-Rural) target is already at 96.84 per cent completion as of the end of July this year. This is primarily because of the carry-over of work done in excess of last year's targets, accounting for an estimated 86.4 per cent of the total. Suppliers way ahead on fulfilling Eco2 CERO (12.4MtC02) CSCO (6MtC02) CSCO-Rural (0.9MtC02) HHCRO (3.7MtC02) PSWMR (4MtC02) Progress towards overall ECO2 obligations Surplus action Approved Notified Progress towards obligation (%) 0 20 40 60 80 100