Dec 9, 2024
Enviva emerges from bankruptcy as AIP becomes largest shareholder
Biomass News
Dec 6, 2024
Urjankur Shree Tatyasaheb Kore Warana Power Co. Ltd, a leading Indian renewable energy provider specialising in biomass and waste-to-energy, has partnered with ABB Motion Services to improve operational efficiency.
Through ABB’s Motion OneCare solution, Warana Power has increased its uptime from 78% to 92%, helping the company outrun operational challenges.
ABB’s... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 5, 2024
Seras has completed a £2.3 million upgrade to its biomass fuel production facility at Tilbury Green Power, one of the UK’s largest biomass power plants.
The comprehensive refurbishment of the waste wood processing plant incorporates cutting edge technology, supplied by HAAS Recycling-Systems.
The upgrade has enhanced the facility’s operational performance across... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 3, 2024
Dentons has advised Engie on its acquisition of a majority stake in Ávila Eco Energías, the developer of a biomass-powered district heating network in the city of Ávila, reported the Iberian Lawyer.
The project, which is nearing completion, represents a significant addition to Engie’s portfolio of sustainable energy infrastructure and aims to become a benchmark for... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 2, 2024
Denmark's United Shipping and Trading Company (USTC) has increased its shares in CM Biomass.
USTC first bought a majority share in the wood pellet and biomass supplier in 2021, with a strategy of increasing its shares in CM Biomass in the years to come.
In spring last year, USTC increased its ownership from 60% to 67%, and now it has acquired an additional 22% of shares.
That... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 29, 2024
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, has announced that its MegaMax catalyst has been selected for a China biomass gasification-to-green methanol project.
The plant will use a combination of farm waste and wind power to produce up to 250,000 tons per annum of green methanol in two phases by 2027.
Construction of the first plant phase began in... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 28, 2024
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) developer Firefly Green Fuels has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sanepar - one of Brazil’s largest water and sanitation companies.
This strategic partnership enhances Firefly’s access to sustainable feedstock for biofuels production while expanding its footprint into the growing Brazilian and Latin American markets.
Through... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 27, 2024
Unibep will invest €20.1 million in Zgorzelec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, as part of a consortium with Energika Zbigniew Szamałek Sp. Komandytowa.
This will be Unibep's fifth biomass heating plant.
An agreement was signed on 20 November for the implementation of the project, entitled: "Integrated network for innovative transformation and decarbonisation of... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 26, 2024
Marubeni Corporation has completed construction of its Aichi Tahara Biomass Power Plant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
The plant is a wood-fired biomass plant with a generating capacity of 74,950 kW, and is expected to generate approximately 530 million kWh of electricity per year.
Commercial operations are commencing today (26 November). Construction began in February... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 25, 2024
A group of Caribbean scientists and environmentalists are working to transform sargassum into biofuel, reported the BBC.
In 2011, huge amounts of the seaweed entered Caribbean beaches - bringing a pungent odour as it rotted.
Seven years later, Barbados' prime minister Mia Mottley said sargussum was a national emergency.
The scientists recently launched one of the world's... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 22, 2024
Waste-to-hydrogen producer Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) will be creating 200kg of hydrogen from waste to power a 40-day sea trial of a zero-emission marine hydrogen engine.
The 50kW hydrogen auxiliary engine was created by Carnot – which was recently awarded £2.3 million in a UK government grant to develop its technology.
The engine will be tested at Brunel University... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 22, 2024
Sarah Hammond, marketing manager at MoistTech, explains how automated in-line monitoring reduces waste and energy costs and improves process efficiency.
Incorporating the right combination of automation tools can help production facilities overcome challenges posed by outdated machinery and labour-intensive procedures that hinder overall productivity.
One key example... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 21, 2024
A research team led by Dr. Choi, Young-chan from the Clean Air Research Laboratory at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully converted cashew nut shells, discarded during cashew nut food product manufacturing, into an eco-friendly biofuel.
Producing biofuel from biomass in Korea is very challenging. Due to the limited availability of single... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 19, 2024
Enshu Forest Energy began commercial operations at its 7.1MW biomass plant in Fukuroi city of Shizuoka prefecture, Japan on 16 November, reported Argus Media.
The facility is expected to burn 90,000t/yr of wood chips made from unused forest materials, which will be gathered primarily from Shizuoka prefecture.
It has the capacity to generate approximately 53GWh/yr of... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 18, 2024
Blackwood Technology BV (Blackwood), a torrefaction and carbonisation technology company, has announced the successful start of production of the first commercial FlashTor® black pellet plant in Lampang Province, Thailand.
The plant is owned and operated by NT Biomass Products Company Limited (NTBC), a 100% subsidiary of TTCL Public Company Limited (TTCL).
When fully... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 15, 2024
The vast majority of bio-waste (garden and food waste), which could be a valuable feedstock for the bio-based industries and biomanufacturing is currently unused, representing a missed opportunity, according to a new report by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC).
As of 1 January this year, it is mandatory for EU Member States to separately collect bio-waste. But... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 14, 2024
Japan's JFE Shoji Group and Malaysia’s Elridge Energy Holdings - via the latter’s subsidiary Bio Eneco - have signed a long-term memorandum of understanding (MoU) to supply 150,000 metric tonnes (MT) of Green Gold Label (GGL)-certified palm kernel shell (PKS) biomass annually, starting in April 2025.
“This MoU marks a RE milestone, not just for Japan but for the... [Read More]
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