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The UK Government’s Energy Security Strategy is “wholly inadequate” and locks the UK into more expensive, non-renewable power sources, according to the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA). The Strategy sets out how the UK will accelerate the deployment of wind, new nuclear, solar and hydrogen while supporting the production of domestic oil and gas in the nearer…
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Drax has opened a new pellet plant in Demopolis, Alabama, bringing new jobs and economic opportunities to the town. At full capacity, the Demopolis plant – Drax’s second pellet production facility in the state – will produce 360,000 tonnes of sustainable biomass pellets annually. Drax’s pellet plants help support employment and opportunities across the wider forestry and lumber…
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Enviva will invest $250 million (€229 million) in a new wood pellet production facility in Bond, Mississippi. The facility is a key component of Enviva’s growth strategy to double pellet production capacity from 6.2 million tonnes annually to around 13 million tonnes over the next five years. The plant is fully contracted under long-term take-or-pay supply contracts with customers…
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On 30 March, the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) in Oregon, US, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate its new RNG project. Through this project, the majority of biogas produced by the MWMC at its wastewater treatment facility in Eugene is converted into RNG and injected into NW Natural’s pipeline system. In 2021, the construction of biogas purification…
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Bioenergy and BECCS have an important role to play in climate change mitigation, but there are concerns over sustainable feedstock sourcing and large-scale deployment, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, limiting global warming to 1.5oC is ‘beyond reach’, the IPCC said in its…
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Aemetis has acquired an 8.5-acre property in California, close to the Aemetis Keyes renewable ethanol plant, to develop its Carbon Zero projects. The corner property, acquired for $2 million (€1.8 million), is a strategic location for operations supporting the company’s Carbon Zero projects, including dairy RNG and CCS. Adjacent to the existing Aemetis biogas pipeline, the property is…
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The European Commission has signed grant agreements of €1.1 billion with seven large-scale low-carbon technology projects, including a BECCS development. Allocated via the EU Innovation Fund, the grants are funded by revenues from the EU’s Emissions Trading System. The projects aim to reduce emissions by over 76 Mt of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) during the first 10 years of operation and…
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RNG and biofuel projects have received a share of over $12 million (€8.7 million) in funding from the Government of Canada. The government is making investments to enhance Canada’s competitive advantage, diversify market opportunities, create jobs, and achieve its emissions reduction targets. At the GLOBE Forum 2022, Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced the…
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Gary Moore, director for global business development at UNTHA shredding technology, discusses pioneering shredding systems for bioenergy production. It may be becoming an increasingly mature market, but that doesn’t mean innovation is stifling in the world of bioenergy. Operators’ ever-more sophisticated requirements, and manufacturers’ passion to drive change through engineering, means…
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Mark Sommerfeld, head of power and flexibility at the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) and Freddie Kellett, policy analyst, comment exclusively for Bioenergy Insight. The UK is currently in the grips of an unprecedented fossil gas price rise, pushing consumer and industrial energy bills to levels that will almost certainly cause the worst cost-of-living crisis in a…
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Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has partnered with Kiewit Industrial to deliver Fidelis New Energy’s planned biomass plant and carbon capture project in Louisiana, US. The net-negative carbon impact biomass plant will be built at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge. At 200 MW, it will be the largest plant of its kind in the world. The facility will use wood chips, wood waste, bagasse or ‘other…
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SEA-LNG, the multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate the benefits of LNG (and bio-LNG) as a viable marine fuel, has welcomed the Port of Zeebrugge as a new member. SEA-LNG said Port of Zeebrugge has ‘pioneered’ the development of LNG bunkering in Europe, with the world’s first purpose-built LNG bunkering vessel – the Engie Zeebrugge (now Green Zeebrugge) commencing…
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The UK Government “must be bold” with its Energy Security strategy and remove restrictions from the Green Gas Support Scheme, the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) said. The Association has urged the government to make the removal of policy blockages a priority in the upcoming Energy Security Strategy. It said the sector is prepared for a mass rollout of small,…
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