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Leading anaerobic digestion specialist Birch Solutions has appointed a new managing director. Glenn Carney will bring global energy experience to the business as it embarks on a new ambitious growth strategy, as predecessor Mark Sacker takes the helm of Tricoya UK at Saltend, Hull. The technology partner behind North Lincolnshire quarry giant Singleton Birch’s investments in the sector…
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Drax Group has partnered with the University of Nottingham and Promethean Particles to trial a “pioneering new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) process” at its North Yorkshire power station.  The new process uses a type of solid sorbent called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which Promethean Particles are a global pioneer in the development and deployment of, to capture…
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With the aim of increasing the resilience of facilities to energy price fluctuations, 2G Energy and PRODEVAL have teamed up. They said of the union: "This partnership will allow biogas upgrading operators to sustain their units while reducing biomethane carbon footprint. Producing virtuously the renewable energy of tomorrow." The partnership aims to reduce biomethane carbon intensity and…
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In Sweden, forest industry major Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) has announced that it will invest SEK 700 million (€6.7 million) in a new sawmill intake and a wood pellet plant at SCA Timber Rundvik sawmill in Nordmaling municipality. The sawmill in Rundvik currently produces around 80,000m3 of planed wood, and in that production some 8,000m3 of shavings are generated. Through the…
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The VERBIO Nevada Biorefinery is on track to achieve full scale production of 7 million ethanol gallons equivalent (EGE) of RNG annually by mid-summer 2022. It began producing renewable natural gas (RNG) on an industrial scale in December 2021. In early 2023, the site will begin operating as a biorefinery, producing 19 million EGE of RNG and 60 million gallons of corn-based ethanol, annually.…
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While projects in the sector – in Oslo and Copenhagen, to name a few - have been developing at a fast pace over the last few years, showing that the technology is mature, a comprehensive regulation at EU level is still missing in the successful implementation of CCUS in waste-to-energy plants, according to ESWET. ESWET said: "The certification of carbon removals by the European Commission…
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ET-listed UAC Global, a chemical and renewable energy firm, has postponed the commercial operation of its biogas-fired power plant in Khon Kaen until the second half of this year because of “lengthy bureaucratic procedures”. The plant is the first project under the Energy for All renewable scheme to be connected with the state grid. The company is among 43 winners of an auction held in…
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The German Federal Environment Ministry’s initiative to reduce the cap on biofuels from cultivated biomass has met with “incomprehension” from UFOP, which has said it rejects any change to the existing regulation. Behind the utilisation of rapeseed oil for biodiesel is a production and processing structure that has grown over decades and is now closely networked with other branches of…
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A major rice husk biomass power plant in south-eastern Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district is still on track to be completed and start operations by July. Designed to contribute to the Kingdom’s emission reduction efforts, the plant broke ground on December 8, 2021, in collaboration with Singapore-based Berkeley Energy Commercial and Industrial Solutions (BECIS), with capital investment of $5.8…
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The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has launched a Wood Fuel Quality Assurance (WFQA) animation video, which highlights the benefits of wood fuels in sustainable forest management. This animation video also highlights the broader benefits of forests including: the provision of timber for construction, biodiversity, spaces for recreation and a source of renewable sustainable fuel.   Sean…
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Brookfield Renewable Partners has reported solid financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Brookfield operates one of the world’s largest publicly traded, pure-play renewable power platforms. Its portfolio consists of hydroelectric, wind, solar and storage facilities in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.  "Our business performed well in the quarter as we…
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In anticipation of the REPowerEU Communication, more than 500 companies of the bioenergy value-chain have written to the European Commission president Von der Leyen, vice-president Timmermans, and commissioners Simson and Breton calling for a holistic approach in defining the way forward to end energy dependence on Russian gas. The letter represents a determined reaction from the sector…
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Swedish Biofuels, alongside Danish engineering consultancy COWI A/S, intends to build three plants to produce and supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to the Swedish market. They said they will construct the first SAF production facility in Brista, close to Arlanda Airport and Stockholm. The goal of the partnership is to supply 400,000 tonnes of SAF per year in Sweden, with first deliveries…
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In the US, The Fayetteville Public Works Commission (PWC) and Bloom Energy, which is a leading distributed energy company, have announced plans to install and operate 1.5 megawatts of solid oxide fuel cells. Creating renewable energy from multiple biogas streams in the region, the new project will reduce emissions and advance the Fayetteville community’s efforts to meet North Carolina’s clean…
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