Aug 1, 2024
Ozu biomass plant begins commercial operation
Biomass News
Jul 31, 2024
hte Co., a company specialising in high-throughput experimentation, has entered an R&D service agreement with SUEZ.
This collaboration is focused on the screening of various catalytic materials to convert biomass-derived feedstocks into sustainable gases.
This biomass valorisation R&D project featured a catalyst benchmarking step and subsequent poisoning resistance... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2024
Italian tissue group Sofidel France has announced that the second biomass boiler at its Frouard tissue mill in north-east France is on its way.
Construction will begin in the autumn, and commissioning is scheduled for next year.
The investment will allow the plant to reduce its CO2 emissions by 9,100 tons per year, according to the company.
In Frouard, a biomass boiler... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 29, 2024
PLN Indonesia Power (PLN IP) has announced an investment in a Solid Biomass Fuel (BBJP) production facility in Medan, developed through its Pangkalan Susu Generation Business Unit (UBP), reported Kontan.co.id.
The pilot project for the BBJP Plant is located at the Terjun landfill in Medan Marelan, Medan City, and is being developed in collaboration with the Medan City... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 26, 2024
Forestalia's biomass plant in Cubillos del Sil (El Bierzo) in Spain has entered a technical shutdown phase.
The cessation of activity has been necessary to adjust the plant's activity 'to the rate of collection of economic compensation provided for in the current ministerial order, as well as adjustments in the supply of agroforestry biomass', according to the company.
During... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 23, 2024
Arable land used to grow bioenergy crops has hit a record high, but capacity issues saw the electricity generated from biomass fall 15% in a year, according to analysis of government data by waste-to-hydrogen company Compact Syngas Solutions.
Some 133,000 hectares of agricultural land were used to grow crops for bioenergy in 2023, a 39% rise on the 96,000 hectares used... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2024
Next month, Bridgwater in Somerset, England, will become the first town to benefit from green fuel generated at a local recycling plant, reported The Sunday Times.
Grass clippings from roadside verges in South Gloucestershire will go through a 45-day anaerobic digestion (AD) process. The first batch weighed 13 tonnes.
Alan Armstead, commercial director of Cannington... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2024
Tata Steel has completed a successful trial consisting of utilising biomass fuel in its Ferro Alloys and Minerals Division (FAMD) at Athagarh, Odisha in India.
The trial involved substitution of conventional fossil fuels with biomass, to mark a significant step towards sustainable ferrochrome production and reducing its carbon footprint.
The process will help replace... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2024
Suzano, the world's largest market pulp producer, has announced the successful operational startup of its new mill, which it said is the largest single pulp production line in the world, in Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil.
This marks the completion of one of Brazil's largest ever private investment projects.
This facility will have an annual production... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 19, 2024
The Town of Swan River and Ecostrat have announced the issue of an investment grade BDO Zone ‘BBB’ Rating for Woody Biomass.
The Swan River BDO Zone is the first rating in the Province of Manitoba and extends a 120-km drive distance from the centre point in Swan River, Manitoba.
Swan River's 'BBB' rating indicates a good prospective capacity to support new biobased... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 19, 2024
An explosion took place at a biomass plant in Ishikari, Hokkaido in Japan today (19 July).
The local fire department and the plant's operating company said that an employee was rushed to hospital as a result.
Operated by Ishikari Bio Energy Godo Kaisha, a local organisation, the fire department received the alert at around 9.30am.
According to the authorities, the explosion... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 18, 2024
Danish biomass company Dall Energy has made its biggest ever deal with French energy firm Coriance/Caen la Mer Energie Verte.
Dall will provide four biomass boilers to expand the existing Caen Nord Heating Network and Hérouville-Saint-Clair Heating Network in Caen
la Mer and help power nearly 40,000 homes with 100% renewable and recovered energy by 2031.
The total... [Read More]
Policy News
Jul 18, 2024
Trade associations in Germany's Capital Office for Bioenergy have criticised the revision of the leaflets of the Federal Funding for Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Economy (EEW) as 'insufficient'. These were presented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).
According to the associations, the current revision, for which a stakeholder... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 16, 2024
Last year, EU wood pellet consumption fell by 1.2% to 24.5 million metric tons (MMT), the first reduction since 2015, according to a report produced by the US Department of Agriculture.
This drop was caused by a mild winter and a reduced demand from the commercial power sector.
Current low prices, combined with government incentives, are forecast to support the popularity... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 12, 2024
Drax Group (Drax), a renewable energy company, has named and launched a new transport ship, the m.v. Ultra Yorkshire, in a ceremony at the Shin Kurushima Shipyard in Japan.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Drax Power Station beginning to generate power and to celebrate this occasion the owners of the new ship, Ultrabulk, invited Drax to name its latest vessel.
Drax... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 12, 2024
Quảng Ngãi Sugar Joint Stock Company has approved an investment of over VNĐ2 trillion (€72 million) to expand its An Khê sugar processing plant and biomass power plant.
The investment includes VNĐ1.169 trillion (€42 million) to increase the sugar processing capacity at the An Khê plant in Gia Lai to 25,000 tonnes per day.
This project started preparations... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 11, 2024
In Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah in the US, local innovators will convert ‘liability biomass’ into value-added resources that fight the climate crisis by sucking carbon from the air.
A coalition of Western US cities and counties have been awarded awarded $335,000 (€308,000) to four projects designed to fight climate change and reduce wildfire risks.
These... [Read More]
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