Nov 8, 2022
PLN reveals its biomass co-firing implementation in coal power plants
Biomass News
Nov 7, 2022
The Indonesian Embassy in Japan has facilitated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between PPT Energy Trading (PPT ET), PT Agro Industri Mandiri and PT Inti Persada of Indonesia for the supply of biomass.
The embassy further facilitated the inking of an MoU between PT Riu Mamba Karya Sentosa and PT Alam Bumi Cemerlang in Fukuoda, Japan on 4 November, to... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2022
Madison County in North Carolina, US, is considering a ban on biomass energy facilities, to allow time to account for such constructions in its Land Use Ordinance, reported Citizen Times. The county commissioners met on 25 October to discuss the proposed moratorium.
County land use attorney John Noor issued a draft of the proposed biomass energy moratorium to the commissioners... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 3, 2022
The report analyses the current state of play of the wood pellets market.
"With skyrocketing prices of gas, oil and electricity, the EU is facing a major energy crisis this winter, with citizens and businesses at risk of not being able to afford their energy. Now more than ever, energy security is at the core of the discussion. The question of how to provide for the EU’s... [Read More]
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Nov 2, 2022
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), and Indonesia Power, a sub-holding of Indonesia’s state-owned electricity provider PT. (Persero) (PLN), have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to commence three feasibility studies on co-firing less carbon intensive fuels at power plants owned and operated by Indonesia Power.
The three studies will be conducted jointly... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 1, 2022
Wood pellets are likely to become one of Vietnam’s key export agro-forestry products with an estimated export turnover of US$1 billion in 2023, according to Đỗ Xuân Lập, chairman of Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association.
He was speaking at the congress of establishing Vietnam Wood Pellets Branch in Hạ Long City in the northern province of Quảng Ninh... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 31, 2022
Acciona Energía has announced it will build a biomass plant with a capacity of 49,9MW in the municipality of Logrosán (Cáceres) in Spain.
The company was an awardee in the third auction for the grant of the economic regime for renewable energies tendered by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic challenge. This guarantees a sale price for the electricity... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 28, 2022
Over 550 scientists have signed a letter to the European Commission, notifying them of the "deteriorating state of European forests" and calling for climate-smart forestry practices – including wood harvesting for bioenergy – to consolidate their resilience to global warming.
“Hot and dry weather in many parts of Europe and the world makes us worry about the future... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 27, 2022
Spain’s ministry for the ecological transition awarded 177 MW of capacity in Tuesday’s auction for 520 MW of mixed renewables, selecting only small-scale solar PV and biomass-based power projects and leaving bidders on concentrated solar power (CSP) empty-handed.
On 26 October the ministry said 146 MW worth of projects for biomass-fired capacity and 31 MW of solar... [Read More]
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Oct 26, 2022
USA BioEnergy and Ecostrat have announced the issuance of a new ‘AA’ rated Bioeconomy Development Opportunity (BDO) Zone designation for Bon Wier, Texas.
The ‘AA’ BDO Zone rating supports the siting decision and the capital raise for USA Bioenergy’s development of an advanced biorefinery through its subsidiary Texas Renewable Fuels (TRF). The facility will convert... [Read More]
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Oct 24, 2022
Confectionery manufacturer Mars Wrigley is investing around $800,000 for a biomass boiler in its Antipolo factory as it looks to switch to renewable energy sources.
“We have a project approved for next year where we will move away from using diesel completely and we will move to biomass. It will be the first time that we will be 100 percent renewable energy,”... [Read More]
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Oct 21, 2022
The MP for Bassetlaw, Brendan Clarke-Smith, witnessed first-hand the important role that waste wood plays in the circular economy during a visit to R Plevin & Sons’ wood recycling site in Nottinghamshire on 14 October.
The visit came as the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) officially launched a nationwide MP Engagement Project, intended to improve understanding... [Read More]
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Oct 20, 2022
On 18 October Yuba Water Agency approved more than $4.2 million in funding to support a major water and wastewater infrastructure expansion project in south Yuba County, US, and a planned forest biomass plant and business centre in the foothills.
Two loans, one for $2.6 million to the City of Wheatland and a second for $1.55 million to Olivehurst Public Utility District... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 20, 2022
A newly-built biomass heating plant worth €6.5m was put into operation in Novi Pazar, in southwestern Serbia, the country's energy ministry said.
The construction of the plant was financed by German development bank KfW, with support from Switzerland, the energy ministry said in a statement posted on its website on Tuesday.
The project is part of a partnership with... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2022
CPL Industries continues to expand its entry into the steel and energy-intensive foundation industries, accelerating its delivery campaign to Liberty Steel’s Electric Arc Furnace facility at Rotherham.
ecoke®, developed by CPL Industries during the final months of 2021, is a manufactured solid fuel containing a minimum of 30% fully renewable, sustainably sourced,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 17, 2022
A partnership between Heriot-Watt University and Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has been launched in Edinburgh, to develop cost-effective technologies for the production of hydrogen from agricultural and animal waste.
The £1 million research project will initially focus on utilising the estimated four million tonnes of waste and by-products created by distilleries... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 14, 2022
Nordic Utilities has said combined heat and power (CHP) plants would still run this winter, despite a shortage of biomass and a near-doubling of prices prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to Montel.
Orsted, the Danish utility firm, said it had enough resources to keep plants operational over the December to March period.
However, the company expected... [Read More]
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