Anaerobic digestion industry fears 'disastrous' consequences of feed-in tariff review

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Industry association ADBA says £100m spending cap could cause an 80 per cent fall in investment across the sector

At first glance, it seemed the UK's fledgling anaerobic digestion (AD) industry has been protected from the government's sweeping reforms to the popular feed-in tariff incentive scheme. Only solar power,...

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