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]

A proposal could potentially double the production capacity of an anaerobic digestion plant within King’s Lynn (Lynn), Norfolk in the UK, local news outlet Lynn News reports. The original construction plans were permitted for the plant in 2017, which has a current capacity of 19,500 tonnes of biomass. However, new plans are awaiting permission from local councillors... [Read More]

Future Biogas has announced that an anaerobic digestion plant is to be built and ran by the company to power over 95% of the RAF Marham military base in Norfolk. The green energy partnership signals the UK military’s transition away from using fossil fuels as the Norfolk AD plant will be one of the first to power a military base. The plant will be fuelled by locally... [Read More]

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]

The French government is prepared to invest €7 to 9 billion of subsidies for renewable gas, but only if the industry can ‘substantially’ lower its cost, Reuters reports. According to the report, biogas costs an estimated four times the amount of natural gas imported using pipelines or LNG tankers. Under the draft 10-year plan, titled PPE, France’s... [Read More]

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]

An abandoned biogas plant site in Margao, India which caught fire was being used as a dump yard for thermocol and styrofoam fish crates, local news outlet Herald reports. The biogas plant site was previously owned by the South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SFPDA). The dump caught fire for an undisclosed reason and within 15 minutes, had disintegrated the eight... [Read More]

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]

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has announced the launch of its Call for Evidence report into the future of UK bioenergy. According to the association, the report, Bioenergy Strategy, follows the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) estimation that bioenergy’s contribution to the UK’s total energy could more than double by 2050. Bioenergy Insight... [Read More]

UK fuel supplier Gasrec announced in a press release that British online supermarket Ocado has launched a £3 million (€3.4 million) investment into a natural gas refuelling station at its Hatfield Customer Fulfilment Centre. According to Gasrec, Ocado now leads the industry with 20% of its Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) fleet now powered by blended biomethane as... [Read More]

According to the Portland Press Herald, a driver of a wood pellet tractor-trailer lost control in Sidney, Canada and crashed into a guardrail. The tractor-trailer crashed last week on Interstate 95’s northbound lanes after its driver fell asleep at the wheel. The Portland Press Herald states that no other vehicles were involved or damaged and that there were no reported... [Read More]

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]

According to Airport World, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is to become the US first airport to be heated entirely by renewable natural gas. The Port of Seattle has announced its Request for Proposals that is calling for renewable natural gas service to supply Sea-Tac Airport’s boilers and bus fuelling system. Arlyn Purcell, director of Aviation Environment... [Read More]

According to Bloomberg, The European Investment Bank (EIB) is being sued over a Spanish loan that climate lawyers are claiming will damage the environment. Bloomberg reports that not-for-profit environmental advocacy group, ClientEarth has filed the lawsuit as it wants European Union judges to determine if the EIB breached its own renewable energy-financing criteria. The... [Read More]

US pellet producer Enviva is planning a $200 million (€175 million) investment into a pellet mill and ship-loading terminal in Mississippi, Bradenton Herald reports. Enviva spokeswoman Maria Moreno spoke to Bradenton Herald, outlining that the firm signed agreements with leaders in both the George and Jackson counties. According to Moreno, the company will not finalise... [Read More]

In the UK government’s recently published 2019 Clean Air Strategy, it outlines plans regarding environmental policy and legislation, including what it describes as the ‘air quality impacts’ of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme. The RHI is an initiative intended to encourage the use of biomass boilers in urban areas. “The government recently... [Read More]