Jun 1, 2022
Biomass beats wind and solar in Brazilian power bids for first time
Biomass News
Jun 1, 2022
Brett Martin, the UK's largest producer of polycarbonate sheet materials has launched new, more sustainable sheet options, which it says “represent a quantum shift towards climate neutral plastic sheets produced from a certified mass balanced source with bio-based feedstock”.
This new development is the result of Brett Martin's partnership with Covestro, one of the... [Read More]
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May 31, 2022
Austrian district heating supplier Kelag Energie & Waerme is planning to build a biomass power plant to supply up to 20 GWh of heat in a municipality in the country's westernmost state of Vorarlberg.
Under the plan, between 15 GWh and 20 GWh of heat should be produced from biomass in the municipality of Lustenau in the medium term and supplied to between 100 and 200 buildings... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 31, 2022
Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW), a subsidiary of Japan-headed Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) has announced that it has been awarded a contract to deliver a new 77 MWth bubbling fluidised bed (BFB) boiler plant to municipal energy company Jämtkraft in Sweden.
The new BFB boiler will be part of the Lugnvik plant in Östersund and will use biomass as fuel ensuring a secure supply... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 30, 2022
Greencoat Capital funds, managed by Greencoat, have agreed to acquire 100 percent of Margam Green Energy Plant (“MGEP”), a waste wood-fired biomass plant located in Port Talbot, South Wales, from Glennmont Partners.
MGEP has been operational since May 2019 and is one of the largest biomass plants in the UK, with a processing capacity of c.290 thousand tonnes per... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 27, 2022
The Bioenergy Action Plan which is being developed by the Ministry of Energy aims at eliminating the use of wood for cooking in all public institutions by 2028.
The principal secretary Ministry of Energy Maj. Gen. Dr Gordon Kihalangwa, while speaking at Machakos University during the official opening of the validation workshop of the National Bioenergy Strategic Action... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 27, 2022
Enviva Inc, the world’s leading producer of sustainable wood bioenergy, and MOL Drybulk Ltd (MOLDB), a subsidiary of Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL), a leading global marine transport group, announced they have signed an additional memorandum of understanding to deploy an environmentally friendly bulk carrier (EFBC) to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the ocean... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 26, 2022
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc, a pioneer in the creation of net-zero carbon drop-in transportation fuels from landfill waste, has announced the completion of commissioning and the initial operations of its Sierra BioFuels Plant. It is the world’s first landfill waste-to-renewable-transportation-fuels plant and has begun operations, processing prepared waste feedstock and successfully... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 25, 2022
The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has rejected plans for Hu Honua Biomass Power Plant.
In its 164-page decision with one dissent, the three-member panel listed a variety of reasons why Honua Ola Bioenergy, formerly known as Hu Honua, should not be granted an amended power purchase agreement with Hawaiian Electric Light Company.
The top reasons were given... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 24, 2022
East African Breweries Ltd (EABL) has invested more than Sh5 billion in a biomass plant as part of its transition to renewable energy.
EABL managing director - Jane Karuku said the biomass plant would help the brewer achieve a net-zero status and reduce its carbon emission by 48,000 tonnes annually.
A net-zero status is a balance between the amount of greenhouse... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 23, 2022
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released data showing that US manufacturers produced approximately 790,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in January, with sales reaching 740,000 tons.
The data was released as part of the EIA's Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report, which contains data for January. The EIA collected data from 80 operating manufacturers... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 23, 2022
US-headquartered Anaergia has announced that its Rialto Bioenergy Facility in Rialto, California, received the Distinction Award for Wastewater Project of the Year at the Global Water Awards 2022, one of the industry’s most prominent international awards programmes. The award was presented at a ceremony in Madrid, Spain.
The Rialto Bioenergy Facility is a $185... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 20, 2022
Biomass power company Drax Group plans to excavate part of a Scottish mountain to house a new hydropower station that will double the capacity of its plant there.
Drax is applying for permission to build a new underground pumped storage station that would increase total capacity of its existing hydro site to over one gigawatt, the company said in a statement. Construction... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 20, 2022
Two cooperatives in the Davao region have received cacao post-harvest and biomass production facilities to boost farmers’ income from the high-value crop that is being developed as a major export commodity.
In Davao Occidental, the Southern Davao Multipurpose Cooperative was recently given P3.9-million worth of facilities for cacao drying, storage, and fermentation,... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 20, 2022
Researchers and lecturers from the University of Canterbury (UC) in Christchurch, New Zealand have been talking about the potential of New Zealand to be a world leader in decarbonisation efforts through the use of geothermal technology.
Higher carbon emissions is one of the more difficult to avoid consequences of massive economic growth. This calls for technology... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 19, 2022
Gas South, one of the leading natural gas marketers in the south east United States, has announced an agreement with Element Markets to offer a new, first-to-market sustainable energy product, FlexRNG.
FlexRNG is a blend of renewable natural gas (RNG), derived from organic waste material, and certified carbon offsets generated by a range of projects that reduce carbon... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 18, 2022
Valmet has been selected in a new public procurement process as the tenderer for completing the biomass boiler, flue gas cleaning and flue gas condensing system works for Vilnius Combined Heat and Power Plant (Vilnius CHP) in Lithuania.
Vilnius CHP is working on a modern heat generation capacity expansion project in the city’s central heating system. The new public... [Read More]
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