Nov 26, 2018
Comment: Why BECCS will be critical to deliver an affordable energy system transition in the UK
Biomass News
Nov 26, 2018
Drax has announced the commissioning of an ‘innovative’ Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) pilot plant. It expects that within the next few weeks the first carbon dioxide will be captured and converted into biomass.
If the pilot is successful, the six month project should capture a tonne of CO2 per day from the gases that are produced by the plant.... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 23, 2018
A call on the UK Government to “fast-track” the rollout of separate food waste collections across the UK has led to a coalition of more than forty trade bodies, campaign groups, businesses and local authorities.
In a press release the UK’S trade body for anaerobic digestion, ADBA has announced that it has joint the coalition. In a bid to get the Government... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 23, 2018
UK Miscanthus specialists Terravesta have been boosted with a private investment of £2 million.
Nat le Roux, former chief executive of IG Group and current Scotgold chairman, has bought a personal stake in the renewable biomass business.
“We’re responding to the devastating effects of climate change by moving away from fossil-based hydrocarbon products,... [Read More]
Pellets News
Nov 22, 2018
An investigation has been launched after a silo owned by UK-based biomass supplier Balcas, containing 12 tonnes of wood pellets, caught fire in Invergordon, Scotland.
The fire broke out at Cromarty Firth Industrial Estate. According to The Press and Journal, smoke could be seen pouring out of the contained steel silo while firefighters worked to put out the flames. Invergordon-based... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 22, 2018
Multinational commercial catering and food service company, Elior has announced in a press release that its partnership with sustainable biofuel producer Bio-bean has saved 36 tonnes of coffee waste from going to landfill.
The partnership began in 2016, when waste coffee grounds started to be collected from various Elior sites across the UK. Once collected, the waste coffee... [Read More]
Product News
Nov 21, 2018
CPL Activated Carbons has trebled its capacity for reactivating ‘amber list’ spent carbons from industrial purification processes.
The Wigan, UK based supplier of activated carbons, mobile filtration systems and spent carbon reactivation services has completed a major expansion of its Immingham facility.
According to a company statement, activated carbons are... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2018
According to the Manila Standard, Metro Pacific Investments has earmarked PHP 1 billion (€16.7 million) to develop biogas facilities for Dole Philippines in Mindanao.
Metro Pacific is to work with Surallah Biogas Ventures to design, construct and operate the facilities for the fresh fruit producer.
The new facilities aim to complement Dole Philippines’ existing... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 20, 2018
A pilot study from the Ben-Gurion University (BGU) demonstrated that raw human excrement could ‘potentially’ be converted to a reusable fuel and a nutrient rich fertiliser, according to a press release.
The study, described by BGU as ‘groundbreaking’, was published in the Journal of Cleaner Production.
It details how scientists from BGU’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2018
Norway-based cruise operator Hurtigruten announced that it will be the ‘first’ cruise company to power its ships with liquefied biogas fuel (LBG) from 2021, Cruise and Ferry reports.
“What others see as a problem, we see as a resource and a solution,” said Daniel Skjeldam, Hurtigruten CEO.
“While competitors are running on cheap, polluting... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 19, 2018
ReEnergy has closed down its biomass-fuelled 37 megawatt electricity plant in Fort Fairfield, Maine, local media are reporting.
Opened over 30 years ago and situated close to the Canadian border, the facility employs 21 people. Its feedstock is, according to ReEnergy’s website, sustainably harvested forest residue material and mill residue. This biomass is used to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2018
Headquarted in Israel and founded in 2012, HomeBiogas is a company that specialises in the manufacturing of small-scale biogas systems that convert organic waste into renewable cooling fuel. And on the 19th of November it announced the launch of its new product, The Bio-Toilet.
The Bio-Toilet can be attached to HomeBiogas’ biogas system which then enables the human... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 16, 2018
Finnish energy technology developer Valmet announced that it will be supplying a biomass-fired boiler plant to fellow Finland-based electricity and heating company Elenia Lämpö Oy for its power plant in Hämeenlinna, Finland.
According to Valmet, the investment will allow Elenia Lämpö to raise the share of used renewable fuels in the city’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2018
According to local news outlet The Herald, Harare City Council is going to revive the Mbare biogas project as the city attempts to become smarter and greener. A new investor is required for the construction of the proposed $100 million (€87.7 million) waste-to-energy plant at the Pomona Dumpsite in Zimbabwe.
Kudzai Kadzombe, Harare’s Environment Management Committee... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 15, 2018
With the European Parliament’s approval of the revised Renewable Energy Directive (REDII), Brussels-based trade association Bioenergy Europe has released its annual collection of updated statistics, Bioenergy Europe’s Statistical Report, to provide insight into bioenergy’s role in REDII and more.
You can download the report here.
According to the association,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 15, 2018
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has published two new reports on land use and biomass and the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) has responded.
ADBA’s chief executive Charlotte Morton said that the association “welcomes these two important reports from the CCC.”
The first report, Land use: Reducing emissions and preparing... [Read More]
Pellets News
Nov 12, 2018
Major Swedish manufacturer of wood flooring and PVC-free resilient flooring, Kährs Group is constructing a wood pellet plant in Nybro, Sweden. The plant is to be located right by its existing site and aims to be operational by the end of 2018.
The pellet plant is to produce a product more advanced than Kährs current wood powder biofuel and one that will offer... [Read More]
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Formerly known as firmus energy networks, the company announced its rebrand during its annual stakeholder briefing
Aston University has officially opened the Wolfson Centre for Low Carbon Hydrogen, the UK’s first fully integrated facility dedicated to converting biomass into low-carbon hydrogen and electricity under real-world industrial conditions
https://www.bioenergy-news.com/news/aston-university-opens-uks-first-biomass-to-hydrogen-research-centre/
