Apr 30, 2018
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Policy News
Apr 30, 2018
A 23 April policy statement announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will consider all biomass used for energy production carbon neutral.
In what it called a pragmatic approach, the EPA will consider biomass a carbon neutral source of power in future decisions. However, it added that the policy statement ‘does not represent a final agency action’.
“To... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 27, 2018
The British Columbia, Canada based Biomass Secure Power (BSP) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a power company located in the United States. The MoU became effective on 18 April.
Both companies are engaged in the production of renewable heat and power by using sustainable fuels in their existing infrastructure. The MoU states that Biomass Secure... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 23, 2018
Drax CEO Will Gardiner told Reuters April 20 that the company plans to cut the cost of the electricity it generates by a third over the next decade. The goal is to reduce the company’s dependency on subsidies.
Improvements cited by Gardiner are more efficient turbines and cheaper wood pellets.
A spokesperson for Drax told Bioenergy Insight: “We’re looking... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 23, 2018
The scaling up of renewable energy production needs to be drastically accelerated if the world is to meet the decarbonisation and climate change mitigation goals set out in the Paris agreements, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Published earlier this month, IRENA’s Global Energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050 argues that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 23, 2018
Biomethane’s potential to replace natural gas has been analysed in a new report from IEA Bioenergy.
As well as looking at the available substrates and technologies for green gas production, the report analyses the logistic demands of injecting green gas into existing gas grid infrastructure.
According to the IEA Bioenergy Task 37 study, there are ‘good opportunities... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 23, 2018
A project called Biogo-for-Production has developed new nanocatalysts to create an integrated modular and highly efficient process for producing fuels from renewable energy sources.
The researchers focused on the development of advanced nanocatalysts, coupled with advanced reactor concepts to realise modular, highly efficient, integrated processes for the production of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 20, 2018
The growth follows the opening of facilities in the US and Europe.
Since the beginning of 2018, the Paris-based Air Liquide has commissioned three new biomethane production units, in the United States, in France, and in the United Kingdom. With these units, the company has doubled its biomethane production capacity, which now stands at 60 MW, the equivalent of 500 GWh... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 19, 2018
The companies plan to developing process technology and supply capacity for the fuel, which can be used in coal-fired power stations with minimal effort.
The companies Clean Energy Generation (CEG) and Stork have initiated a partnership between multiple companies to accelerate the development of biocoal technology, which they say significantly reduces carbon emissions... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 16, 2018
The amount of biomethane injected into French gas networks almost doubled between 2017 and 2016, according to a new overview of France’s renewable gas sector.
Figures in the report from GRTgaz show that 406 million kWh of gas were injected into the network over the period. This, apparently, is equivalent to the consumption of nearly 34,000 homes.
The report finds... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 16, 2018
Veolia has launched an innovative online trading platform with the aim of making it easier to sell and buy organic resources. According to the company, the website could be of use to the anaerobic digestion and biomass industries as a way of trading resources.
Dubbed BioTrading, the new website will function as a sales and auction market place. The idea, according to Veolia,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 13, 2018
The biomass facility comes under South Africa’s initiative to increase the number of independent power suppliers, a programme designed to diversify electricity supply and increase the proportion of renewable sources in the energy mix.
The Ngodwana Energy Biomass Project, South Africa’s first under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 11, 2018
Major energy supplier Drax could be ‘coal free’ ahead of the government imposed 2025 deadline, according to the company. The announcement has reignited a long standing controversy over the environmental credentials of wood based biomass.
Drax is the owner of the largest power station in western Europe, in Yorkshire, UK. The company has so far upgraded half... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 11, 2018
Boosting the efficiency of croplands through algae production could ‘unlock’ Bioenergy and Carbon Capture Technology (BECCS), according to new research from the University of Hawai’i at Hilo.
The new research, which has been published in the journal Earth’s Future, describes an ‘affordable’, combined process to remove carbon dioxide... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 11, 2018
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published its ‘Energy Trends’ data for 2017.
Energy production was 0.4% higher in 2017 than the previous year, according to the government data. This modest rise was the result of increases in bioenergy, gas, wind, solar and hydro output. Coal output apparently hit a record low,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 9, 2018
North Carolina’s Duke University has ‘delayed indefinitely’ plans to build a combined heat and power (CHP) plant on campus. According to its news service, Duke Today, the university will instead switch attention to expanding the use of biogas ‘and other environmentally friendly fuels’ for its growing energy needs.
“Duke has an aggressive... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 9, 2018
Nippon Paper Industries announced last month that an onsite biomass mixed combustion power generation facility had commenced operation at its mill in Ishinomaki.
The Japanese paper manufacturing company held the completion ceremony for the new facility on 16 March. The plant had begun operation on 1 March.
According to a statement, the facility ‘permits’ mixed... [Read More]
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