Biomass News

Equis Development Pte (Equis), a major renewable energy and waste infrastructure developer in Asia-Pacific, has secured $282 million (€239 million) to build a biomass plant in Japan. Equis will build the 50 MW Niigata East Port Biomass Power Plant in Niigata, a port city on Honshu, Japan’s main island. The financing was committed by 14 syndication banks and insurance companies, led by…
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The Port of Tyne, UK, has discharged its largest ever wood pellet shipment - 62,522 tonnes - destined for Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire. The consignment of sustainable biomass pellets provides Drax with enough fuel to generate reliable, flexible renewable electricity for around 1.3 million homes. The vessel carrying the shipment, the 299-metre-long Ultra Lynx, sailed from Drax’s…
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Twenty four biomass projects have received a share of £4 million (€4.6 million) in UK Government funding. Farming seaweed, growing algae and the by-products of whisky manufacturing feature among the 24 projects, which range from start-ups and family-run businesses to research institutes and universities. Each project will receive up to £200,000 (€233,000) from the government’s…
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ANDRITZ has received an order from Visy Pulp & Paper for a 243,000 m3 wood chip handling and storage system, including a Stacker Reclaimer RST360, for its mill in New South Wales, Australia. Visy Pulp & Paper is a privately-owned packaging and resource recovery company, with more than 120 sites across Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand. The ANDRITZ 360o Stacker Reclaimer is a…
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BorgWarner has invested $10 million (€8.5 million) in Enexor BioEnergy, a company providing on-site renewable energy and carbon conversion solutions. Enexor’s patented and modular Bio-CHP™ system uses locally sourced organics or plastic waste to generate clean on-site energy and can be deployed quickly in almost any setting. According to Enexor, each system can reduce up to 1,000 tonnes…
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Canfor Corporation’s sale and transfer of forest tenure to Peak Renewables to build a new wood pellet plant has been approved by the Government of British Columbia (BC). Forest tenure includes the ownership, tenancy and other arrangements for the use of forests. Peak Renewables announced plans last year to buy Canfor’s tenure for $30 million (€20 million), Business in Vancouver…
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A US south forest initiative, supported by Drax, has helped wildlife return to family land surrounding Drax’s Morehouse Bioenergy pellet plant in Arkansas. The Morehouse Family Forest Initiative (MFFI) – a conservation programme set up in 2017 through a partnership with Drax Biomass and the American Forest Foundation - encourages the sustainable management of the forests surrounding…
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The largest source of district heating in the Czech Republic is abandoning coal in favour of low-emission fuels, potentially including biomass. By 2030, the Mělník site, which supplies Prague, Mělník and Neratovice, will produce heat solely from low-emission sources and will help ČEZ Group, as well as Prague and other cities, to achieve their environmental goals. A quarter of the total…
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The Government of Canada is investing in Indigenous-led development biomass projects to promote new economic opportunities in the forestry sector. Marc G Serre, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, on behalf of the Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr, Minister of Natural Resources, announced a $605,000 (€405,000) investment in two biomass projects in the Lac-Saint-Jean…
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Wood pellet production in the Czech Republic is increasing every year, with domestic and foreign demand growing. Česká Peleta (the Czech Pellet Cluster) is a national association for all those dealing with wood fuels, such as pellets or briquettes, or boilers and stoves. The organisation said in the first half of 2021, a total of 254,000 tons of biomass fuel was produced. Six domestic pellet…
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Australian firm Sweetman Renewables said it has made progress in ensuring outgoing log supplies from sustainably managed forests and plantations for the improved utilisation of biomass for domestic and international bioenergy projects. The company’s chairman John Halkett confirmed that, based on advice from the Forestry Corporation of New South Wales, deputy premier John Barilaro has…
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Clare County Council in Ireland has given the green light for the construction of a biomass plant in Stonehall. In September 2020, Carbon Sole Group submitted plans for the construction of a biomass processing and storage area, a gasification and methanation facility for the production of advanced biofuels, and a gasification and combined heat and power facility. Carbon Sole Group said the…
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ArcelorMittal Ghent has chosen to use biocoal from Dutch company Perpetual Next in its steel production process. The company is starting a pilot to use biocoal as a high-quality partial replacement for fossil coal. The partnership between Perpetual Next and ArcelorMittal in Ghent starts with an initial delivery of 30,000 tonnes of biocoal to the Ghent blast furnace, which can be scaled up to…
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Gasification solutions firm EQTEC has acquired a 1.2 MWe waste-to-energy gasification plant in Croatia. EQTEC acquired the facility in Belišće through Synergy Projects, a joint venture (JV) between the EQTEC and its Croatian project development partner, Sense ESCO. Originally commissioned in 2016, the plant was built around EQTEC’s proprietary and patented advanced gasification…
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