Biogas: can a green energy source be environmentally damaging?

#Energy Government efforts to protect sustainable agriculture may also cut off growth of the burgeoning British biogas industry

British biogas is not taking off as fast as some in the industry had hoped and the government stands accused of stunting its growth.

As part of wider changes to its sustainable energy plans, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) launched a snap consultation over its subsidies for biogas plants at the end of May. "When we first introduced the 'one size fits all' [tariff] in November 2011 there were no full-scale biomethane-to-grid plants in operation," it said. Since then, DECC claims, plants supplying more than two megawatts have been over-compensated for their efforts.

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