Dec 21, 2022
Bioenergy from forest residues has “significant positive impact”, according to new study
Biomass News
Dec 20, 2022
LG Chem and GS EPS will jointly invest 320 billion won (€234.6 million) in the construction of a biomass facility at its Yeosu plant in South Jeolla.
The two companies signed a formal contract on 15 December, six months after they entered heads of agreement.
The biomass plant will be named "Yeosu Green Power" and it is planned to begin commercial operation in the first... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2022
The European Parliament has voted in favour of faster approval deadlines for new renewable energy installations, with a view to the law being finalised in 2023, following talks with EU member states, reported Edie.
The REpowerEU package seeks to enhance the union's energy independence, and the proposal was put forward by the European Commission on 18 May 2022.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 16, 2022
Hau Giang Bioenergy Joint Stock Company (HBE) held a ceremony for a biomass plant that uses rice husk as fuel, and which has received a total investment of 875 billion VND (€34.3 million) in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on 15 December.
HBE director Truong Ngoc Thuy Trang said that the Hau Giang Biomass Power Plant Project, with a capacity of 2x10 MW, is... [Read More]
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Dec 15, 2022
Danone has announced the commissioning of a biomass boiler at the company’s spray drying plant located at Balclutha, in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island.
Combined with the use of 100% renewable electricity at the plant, CO2 emissionsare expected to be reduced by 95%, helping underpin Danone’s ambition to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050.
Danone’s... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2022
The governments of Ontario and Canada are investing more than $11.3 million (€10.6m) to expand CHAR Technologies’ facility in Thorold to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) and biocarbon – creating the largest facility of its kind in Canada. It will be the only RNG facility in the country to exclusively use woody biomass. Expanding CHAR’s Thorold facility will... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 13, 2022
The Romande Energie Group, which owns the Enerbois biomass plant in Rueyres (Vaud canton), Switzerland, has announced it is expanding in this field by investing in Proxipel - a start-up offering a solution producing pellets from biomass material.
Biomass is a useful source of clean energy for advancing the energy transition that is so vital for
The Enerbois plant in... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 12, 2022
A new £4.8M project funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to increase biomass crops grown in the UK, will launch at Low Carbon Agriculture Show at the NAEC, Stoneleigh, on 7 February 2023.
Biomass Connect is a new initiative that intends to showcase best-practice and innovations in biomass feedstock production at sites across the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 9, 2022
A European-Union (EU)-imposed ban on imports of woody biomass from Russia has resulted in a seven-fold spike in Turkey's exports of wood pellets to EU Member States.
This has caused concern that the bulk could be recertified material from Russia, Montel reported.
The embargo was imposed in April 2022 as part of the EU's fifth round of sanctions against Russia. At that... [Read More]
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Dec 6, 2022
Sumitomo Heavy Industries has secured an order from Tosoh Corporation for a 74 MW-class wood biomass and recycled fuel-fired boiler, for the planned construction site at its Nanyo Complex in Shunan City - based on the engineering, procurement and construction contract.
This facility is a boiler for a biomass power plant toward energy decarbonisation that is planned by... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 5, 2022
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been criticised by over 600 scientists across the world for the UK's use of bioenergy, in a letter that said the practice is destroying the "lungs of the earth", with "devastating impacts" on forests.
Bioenergy divides scientific opinion due to the procuring of biomass, which can involve cutting down trees to turn into energy.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 28, 2022
The Indian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) ministry has written to the National Industrial Classification (NIC) cell under the development commissioner (DC) office for "necessary action" of including biomass pellet manufacturing under NIC codes. It also said portable petrol pumps and drone manufacturing should be included.
The Financial Express reported that... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 25, 2022
Evolving cleantech and gold mine development company Minnova Corp. is pleased to announce positive biomass gasification test results and other business development opportunities.
It reported positive gasification test results for corn stover from Romania and Pineapple waste from Costa Rica, with over 50% H2 content in syngas achieved. Following on from that, it has identified... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 25, 2022
REN Energy has received approval from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary in British Columbia, Canada for the development of its Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) facility in Fruitvale.
“We are grateful for the incredible support of Ali Grieve at the Regional District, Steve Morissette, mayor of Fruitvale and MLA, Katrine Conroy,” said Phil Viggiani, CEO of REN Energy. “We... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 24, 2022
EQTEC plc, a global technology innovator that powers distributed, decarbonised, new energy infrastructure through its waste-to-value solutions for hydrogen, biofuels and energy generation has announced that its Market Development Centre (MDC) in Italy is set to commence operations in December.
The plant will showcase EQTEC technology to prospective clients including industrial,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 24, 2022
Diageo Plc’s East African unit is using macadamia shells, sugar bagasse and coffee and rice husks to produce electricity at factories in Kenya and Uganda, moving it closer to net-zero status eight years ahead of schedule, according to Bloomberg.
East African Breweries Plc, which contributes about 1% of Kenya’s gross domestic product, had a 2030 target to run operations... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 23, 2022
The former site of the Great Northern paper mill in Millinocket, Maine, US, could be a new hub for the production of industrial-grade wood pellets to be sold on a global scale, reported BDN.
Our Katahdin, the non-profit group that owns the site, announced on 21 November that it is making plans to turn the former site of the Great Northern paper mill into a forest products... [Read More]
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