Feb 8, 2019
$43 million AD facility opens in Utah
Biomass News
Feb 8, 2019
UK-based biomass company Drax announced a ‘world’s first’ demonstration pilot of a bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology at its power station near Selby in North Yorkshire.
The technology, developed by UK-based C-Capture, can obtain upwards of a tonne of CO2 a day.
According to Drax, it is the first-time carbon dioxide has been captured... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 4, 2019
C-Capture, a company specialising in carbon dioxide emissions removal, has raised £3.5 million in an equity funding round led by BP Ventures, Drax and IP Group.
Designed to help mitigate climate change, C-Capture’s technology is a chemical process for carbon dioxide removal. It has been designed for use in power stations as well as aluminium, cement and steel... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 28, 2019
According to Reuters, the French government and utility EDF are going to study the possibility of converting the 1.2GW Cordemais coal power generators to burn biomass.
Reuters reports that President Emmanuel Macron’s government is set to phase out electricity production from the country’s remaining coal-fired power plants by 2022. The government also plans... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 28, 2019
Toshiba has announced that its consolidated subsidiary, Sigma Power Ariake Corporation (SPAC) has signed a collaboration agreement with Omuta City of Fukuoka Prefecture. The agreement will reinforce Toshiba’s renewable energy generation work by constructing a new biomass plant in Omuta City through SPAC.
The plant is to begin construction in autumn 2019 and... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 24, 2019
Canada’s minister of Natural Resources, Amarjeet Sohi, announced a $589,629 (€518,599) investment in three Indigenous projects in British Columbia to create jobs and boost local economies. The release was published on news outlet Cision.
Two of these investments will be utilised to research the possibility of using biomass to heat and power local Indigenous... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 18, 2019
US research university Dartmouth College (Dartmouth) announced that it is seeking proposals to construct a biomass energy heating facility and transmission system to replace the institution’s existing central heating system.
This marks a major step in the university’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions and transition to renewables by 2025.
According to a... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 11, 2019
Amur has announced that its Yorkshire anaerobic digestion facility has been awarded the PAS110 standard for digestate.
Amur state that winning the award will help to bring external recognition to the company’s consistency and robust procedures, as well as classifying the digestate produced as a quality product rather than a waste.
The company’s operations manager,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 10, 2019
In order to support biomass energy installations that are located close to forest areas regarded as ‘critical’, Portugal has started a scheme that has received backing from the European Commission.
Under EU State aid rules, the European Commission has approved the Portuguese biomass scheme to implement new installations that will produce both electricity and... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 9, 2019
According to WLOX two new wood pellet facilities are to be built in South Mississippi in collaboration with Enviva Wood Pellets. The new facilities are expected to bring hundreds of jobs as well as economic growth to Jackson and George counties.
WLOX reports that George County has said that the board of supervisors voted to build a $140 million (€122 million) wood... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 7, 2019
Californian public agency Yuba Water Agency announced that a new biomass facility near Camptonville, California will be receiving a $185,000 (€161,372) grant from the agency.
The funding itself will help the Camptonville Community Partnership secure a power purchase agreement with California utility firm Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).
“Biomass is a hot... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 2, 2019
Drax has announced that it is set to play a larger role in Great Britain’s energy system after purchasing Spanish company Iberdrola’s portfolio of flexible, low-carbon and renewable assets.
The completion of the power plant purchases cost Drax £702 million (€779 million) and is set to increase the company’s electricity generation capacity by... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 19, 2018
In a recent press release Valmet has announced that it has finalised a contract with Arauco. The contract requires Valmet to deliver pulp drying and baling, a recovery boiler and a biomass boiler for Arauco’s MAPA project.
The delivery will be part of Arauco’s major investment that aims to expand current production capacity and build a new pulp production... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 19, 2018
According to London South East, John Laing Environmental has acquired an anaerobic digestion asset in Yorkshire.
The company is reported to have bought Biogas Meden for £16.2 million (€14.6 million). London South East states that John Laing Environmental acquired the AD plant from a subsidiary of environmental infrastructure fund, BayWa Renewable Energy. According... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 10, 2018
Three months ago a strong earthquake hit Hokkaido in Japan. The Japan News reports that this meant a large numbers of trees had fallen by landslides, leading to an increase in the number of people using them for biomass.
The fallen trees are to be used for renewable energy by turning them into fuel for stove heaters and biomass power generation. The Japan News say... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 10, 2018
Larry Bagnell, a parliamentary member for the Canadian territory of Yukon announced alongside Canada’s minister of Natural Resources a multi-year investment of €1.25 million ($1.43 million) for a forestry initiative in Yukon.
According to a Natural Resources Canada release, the initiative will result in ‘greener’ heating solutions, job creation as... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 6, 2018
Grow Compost of Vermont has announced its new partnership with Maine-based company, Agri-Cycle, according to Vermont Business Magazine.
In an attempt to divert large volumes of food waste getting sent to landfill, the partnership will use the waste to provide feed for animals, healthy soils and energy creation through anaerobic digestion. Vermont implemented EPA’s... [Read More]
CONNECT WITH US
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
Willand Biogas' plant by the Somerset border has entered administration, having failed to secure funds to rescue its operation
