Nov 6, 2017
LSE-listed firm AEG raises £1.75m to help accelerate roll-out of CoalSwitch biomass fuel
Biomass News
Nov 6, 2017
Orsted, formerly known as Dong Energy, has launched its new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Fredericia, Denmark.
The new facility, called the Skærbæk Power Station, will use wood chips as fuel to generate district heating and electricity.
It was inaugurated by HRH the Crown Princess of Denmark on 25 October, 2017. The power station is now able to supply... [Read More]
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Nov 6, 2017
The Energy Secretary of the Philippines is not keen on extending feed in tariffs (FITs) for biomass, according to report in Power Philippines News.
It was reported on the news channel that Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said: “The Philippines, as a developing country… it’s difficult for us to be giving subsidy or FIT. Especially when we want... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2017
A specialist manufacturing company has invested £500,000 (€565,500) in installing biomass boilers, as part of a five year plan to ultimately switch to exclusively using sustainable and renewable energy.
Boardlink has installed the Fröling biomass boilers to fuel its 32,500 square metre site based in Hawarden, north Wales. The new boilers replace Boardlink’s... [Read More]
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Oct 25, 2017
Power giant Drax has agreed to sell its wood pellet distribution business, Billington Bioenergy (BBE), to Aggregated Micro Power Holdings, an AIM-listed energy company specialising in the sale of wood fuels and the developing of distributed energy assets.
Drax said the consideration for the transaction was £2m (€2.24m), comprised of £1.6m of shares in... [Read More]
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Oct 24, 2017
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has completed refinancing worth £250 million (€280 million) of its interest in two biomass power plants in the UK.
According to a CIP statement, the fund has provided equity, preferred equity and senior debt for the development and construction of the two biomass power plants. The two facilities have now come into operation... [Read More]
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Oct 17, 2017
Findings from AEBIOM, the European biomass association, confirm that bioenergy is among the most effective options to achieve Europe’s clean energy transition.
AEBIOM published its 2017 Statistical Report on 17 October, shortly before the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee is set to vote on sustainability criteria for bioenergy. According to a statement from... [Read More]
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Oct 13, 2017
A number of important figures surrounding the bioenergy industry have reacted to the UK government’s new Clean Growth Strategy.
Greg Clark, the UK’s Business and Energy Secretary, published ‘The Clean Growth Strategy: Leading the way to a low carbon future’ on 12 October. Highlighting the current state of play in UK energy sector, the strategy also... [Read More]
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Oct 13, 2017
The Walloon government has decided to cancel its call for tenders for a biomass power plant in Wallonia, Belgium.
The Walloon government is the executive branch of Wallonia, and it is part of one of the six main governments of Belgium.
In May 2016, the Walloon government announced plans to support a 200MW biomass plant and launched a call for tenders.
However, on 12 October,... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2017
The installation and grid connection of a 10MW battery has been completed at a biomass power plant near Sheffield, UK.
According to a statement from E.ON, who installed the battery at the Blackburn Meadows plant, the new energy storage project will help keep power supplies stable and support the range of power generation sources feeding into the UK’s national grid.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2017
The UK’s Energy Minister Richard Harrington has confirmed that £557m (€621 million) will be made available for less established renewable electricity technologies for future Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions, starting with the next auction in 2019.
The news forms part of the government’s ‘Clean Growth Strategy’ to drive economic... [Read More]
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Oct 10, 2017
UK-based company 4NEW has announced an Initial Coin Offering for ‘the world’s first’ waste-to-energy treatment facilities integrated on the blockchain network.
The new venture aims to tackle both the mounting surplus of waste, and a growing energy shortfall. By 2019, according to a statement from 4NEW, it is projected that all landfills in the UK will... [Read More]
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Oct 9, 2017
84% of people in the UK support the use of waste and 77% the use of biomass for energy production, according to new survey results published by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
Other key findings from the survey include 88% of 18-24 years olds believing the UK should be trying to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. 58% of people surveyed think the government should... [Read More]
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Oct 3, 2017
One of the world’s largest plant science research institutes has received a five year, $16 million (€13.6 million) grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to enhance the use of sorghum for bioenergy.
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre will use the funding to build on earlier research using the model grass, green foxtail (Setaria viridis). The latest... [Read More]
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Oct 2, 2017
Firefighters were called to Lisahally Biomass Power Plant in Londonderry, Northern Ireland at 19:30 BST on Sunday 1 October following reports of a ruptured steam pipe, the BBC reports.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the steam explosion, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service reported.
According to the BBC, several fire engines were called to the scene. Some aluminium... [Read More]
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Sep 29, 2017
Scottish energy manufacturer Heliex Power has been commissioned by Netherlands-based Wattplant to install its innovation at the company’s T Voske mushroom farm.
The farm is located in Uden, between Eindhoven and Nijmegen. Already chemical-free, the estate is aiming to become the world’s first grower with a completely energy and climate-neutral nursery.
Working... [Read More]
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Sep 27, 2017
A 50 megawatt, biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) plant has been completed at one of Procter and Gamble’s (P&G) largest paper production facilities in the US.
The new plant is owned and operated by Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon, and provides steam to P&G’s Albany, GA paper manufacturing facility. The CHP plant also generates electricity... [Read More]
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