The scheme will help plants improve their environmental, health and safety, risk management and operational performance.
ADBA chief executive Charlotte Morton said: “The AD industry has grown impressively since 2010, and despite a challenging policy environment is continuing to expand.
“AD plants need constant care and attention to operate to the best of their ability. ADBA’s best practice scheme aims to help operators negotiate the complex web of regulation that governs the industry, and perform to the best of their ability.”
Consultants and suppliers collaborated on the project to provide guidance to new and existing operators, as part of a consultation which closed last week.
More than 25 organisations, including AD operators, insurers, trade associations, regulators and suppliers, responded directly.
The AD industry recently hit back at government plans to scrap the Feed-in-Tariff subsidy for large scale anaerobic digestion installations and cutting it for smaller projects, rejecting the proposal that many are now economically viable without the subsidy. The Renewable Energy Association urged government not to make the cuts which it said could bring “development of the industry to a halt”.
The best practice project is supported by Defra, the Environment Agency, the Health and Safety Executive, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, and other industry regulators.