Scottish Water has issued a Periodic Indicative Notice to launch an early market engagement initiative for the construction of a major bioresource processing facility with an estimated value of up to £285 million.

The Environment Agency intends to progressively issue new and modified permits to ensure Best Available Techniques (BAT) are adopted for around 120 anaerobic digestion (AD) installations used to treat sewage sludge currently being operated by water companies.

Yorkshire Water is looking  for a contractor to design, build, commission and provide short term operation of works at two of its sites – the Calder Valley Incinerator at Upper Brighouse and the Saltend Sewage Treatment Works in Hull.

The Environment Agency has decided to vary the Permit for Wanlip Sewage Treatment Works (STW) operated by Severn Trent Water, as a result of an application made by the water company.

More than £13 million in funding has been committed to a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Nottinghamshire that will generate renewable energy.

New official figures show 40% more renewable electricity was produced from biogas from waste and farms in 2015 compared to 2014. The government's annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), also reflects growth in biomethane to grid with the generation of heat from anaerobic digestion more than doubling.

The Working Group set up by Ofwat to examine the main design features of the market mechanism is making further progress on developing the building blocks for the upcoming sludge market -  the bioresources market could be worth up to £780 million, according to the regulator.

Site operator, Greener For Life Energy Ltd, and site owner and permit holder Nomansland Biogas Ltd, both pleaded guilty at Exeter Magistrates’ Court last week to negligently polluting the watercourse last year and contravening the requirements of an environmental permit.