Nov 4, 2021
REA, Drax welcome UK Biomass Policy Statement
Pellets News
Nov 3, 2021
Glennon Brothers, a timber processing company based in Longford, Ireland, has completed its acquisition of Balcas from parent company SHV Energy Holding.
The transaction, which includes two CHP plants, was subject to approval from the Competition and Markets Authority in the UK and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in Ireland.
Balcas, based in Enniskillen,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 2, 2021
Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, UK, has become the first of its kind to generate renewable energy using animal waste.
Manure from some of the most endangered species will be used to heat the zoo’s largest buildings using biomass technology.
The Energy for Life initiative saves 220 tonnes of CO2e each year and marks a critical step in the zoo’s goal to become carbon... [Read More]
Pellets News
Nov 2, 2021
Drax has welcomed Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire.
The State of Louisiana is central to Drax’s global operations, with its wood pellet production industry helping to keep the lights on for millions of UK homes and businesses. By value, Drax is the largest agricultural importer from the US to the UK and a ‘critical’... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 1, 2021
CHAR Technologies (CHAR) has commenced surveying and geotechnical testing at the proposed site of its woody biomass-to-RNG project in Ontario.
The high-temperature pyrolysis (HTP) project near Kirkland Lake will potentially produce 500,000 gigajoules per year of RNG and 10,000 tonnes per year of CHAR’s proprietary CleanFyre biocoal. The CleanFyre will be earmarked... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 29, 2021
Biomass boiler specialist NerG has been commissioned to deliver a 200 kW biomass boiler system for a National Trust property in England.
Wightwick Manor, a Victorian property in Wolverhampton, will use the biomass boiler to heat the entire site, including the major itself, the shop and café, and will provide carbon savings of around 85 tonnes per year – a reduction... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 27, 2021
BioNorth Energy has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the Fort St James Green Energy Project in British Columbia.
BioNorth Energy is a joint venture between the Arrow Group, the Nak’azdli Development Corporation (NDC - arm of Nak’azdli Whu’ten), and low-carbon infrastructure developer, Nexus Program Management Group (Nexus PMG).
The primary asset is a... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 27, 2021
JK Cement has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL) - India’s largest biomass aggregation and densification company.
The MoU, valid for 10 years, is part of JK Cement’s goal to decarbonise its operations and aims to significantly scale up the use of biomass-based and alternate fuels as a replacement... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 27, 2021
Scottish whisky distillery Bunnahabhain is set to become Islay’s first distillery with a net-zero distillation process with the help of biomass.
The distillery is installing a £6.5 million (€7.7 million) biomass energy centre – powered entirely by spent malt and forest biomass (wood chips) sourced from low-value timber felled 15 miles away.
The combination... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 25, 2021
Standard Biocarbon (SBC) has secured $2 million (€1.7 million) in financing from three Maine, US-based institutions to purchase equipment for producing biochar.
The company will produce high-quality biochar – the near-pure form of carbon made by processing biomass at high temperatures with little oxygen - at the former site of the Great Northern Paper mill in East... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 25, 2021
Miscanthus specialist Terravesta has established a new company in Poland as demand for sustainable perennial biomass grows in Europe.
The company said it had long-term plans to open a company on the continent and that the move will support EU trade relationships.
Terravesta Poland will eventually evolve to become Terravesta Europe and underlines the organisation’s... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 22, 2021
Enviva Partners and GreenGasUSA, an integrated RNG solutions provider, have announced 10-year offtake agreement to decarbonise natural gas-related emissions in Enviva’s operations.
The agreement is expected to eliminate more than 64,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent from the atmosphere every year – equivalent to 14,000 passenger cars removed from the road.
Enviva’s... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 21, 2021
Drax is beginning a major planning consultation to seek the public’s views on its bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) proposals.
The announcement follows the publication of the Government’s Net Zero Strategy, which outlined how vital engineered greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies, such as BECCS, could be in delivering the UK’s decarbonisation... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 20, 2021
Enviva has welcomed a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) for a more rapid transition to net-zero carbon emissions, a tripling of public investments in clean energy technology, and a growing role for ‘modern bioenergy’.
The IEA World Energy Outlook report, released last week, is designed to provide independent, objective, scientific assistance... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 20, 2021
The UK Government’s long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy has been welcomed by the renewable energy sector, but does not address the need for a multi-technology approach to heat decarbonisation.
While the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) described the newly published strategy is ‘good news’ for domestic heat decarbonisation, it also... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 19, 2021
Rio Tinto, a multinational metals and mining corporation, is developing innovative new technology to deliver low-carbon steel using sustainable biomass in place of coal.
Over the past decade, Rio Tinto has developed a laboratory-proven process that combines the use of raw, sustainable biomass with microwave technology to convert iron ore to metallic iron during the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 19, 2021
Ohio, US-based Babcock & Wilcox’s (B&W) renewable segment has agreed to to jointly develop a biomass-to-hydrogen clean energy project in Victoria, Australia with Port Anthony Renewables.
The project will utilise B&W’s BrightLoop™ technology. Once completed, the plant is expected to be part of the largest green hydrogen hub in southeastern Australia.
BrightLoop... [Read More]
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